--- title: Break free of Ring's servers, earn a five-figure bounty description: The Fulu Foundation, a nonprofit focused on consumer tech ownership, has launched a $10,000 bounty (with up to $10,000 in matched community donations) for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/break-free-of-ring-s-servers-earn-a-five-figure-bounty-apafo1rol twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Break free of Ring's servers, earn a five-figure bounty | daily.dev og:description: The Fulu Foundation, a nonprofit focused on consumer tech ownership, has launched a $10,000 bounty (with up to $10,000 in matched community donations) for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/break-free-of-ring-s-servers-earn-a-five-figure-bounty-apafo1rol og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ApaFO1rol.png og:image:alt: Break free of Ring's servers, earn a five-figure bounty og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Break free of Ring's servers, earn a five-figure bounty **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Fulu Foundation, a nonprofit focused on consumer tech ownership, has launched a $10,000 bounty (with up to $10,000 in matched community donations) for anyone who can reverse-engineer Ring cameras to run locally and block video transmission to Amazon's servers. The challenge is motivated by Ring's privacy controversies, including a $5.6 million FTC settlement, its subscription-gated features, and backlash over a Super Bowl ad showcasing its AI Search Party feature. Beyond the technical prize, Fulu aims to reshape Section 1201 of the DMCA, which currently prohibits circumventing tech controls, aligning with broader right-to-repair advocacy. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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