doorbell
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The fridge camera can track your groceries, and the doorbell camera clears up any confusion around who might be at your door while you’re away.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Holly said her boyfriend had been sleeping as the fire took hold, and was woken by a stranger ringing the doorbell.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Annie pointed out that the Nest doorbell camera was missing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
With Guthrie missing, the FBI extracted and released doorbell camera images of an armed and masked man outside her home on the morning of her disappearance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Embarrassingly, Jonah heard one of his attempts, because Jonah had just stepped onto the Winstons’ front porch, ready to ring the doorbell and ask Chip over to play basketball.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Reconsider your “smart” home: Cameras are becoming more and more common in home appliances, including in smart ovens, refrigerators, doorbells, and toothbrushes—even as people decry surveillance measures in public.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Researcher Felix Morsbach notes that intelligence agencies or cybercriminals currently have easier ways to monitor people, including hacked security cameras or internet connected doorbells.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2026
"Ringing doorbells, knocking on doors, alerting the neighbours, telling them to leave -- that's what the situation was like," he said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
In December, Ring will add Familiar Faces, allowing its doorbells and other cameras to recognize people you know.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
I’m not sure what kind of sadist rings doorbells at seven thirty on a Saturday morning, but I’m going to find out because I’m the only one awake.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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