Ring founder Jamie Siminoff discusses how the FBI recovered footage from a Nest camera and more in the hunt for Nancy Guthrie on “The Bottom Line.”
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff said Tuesday that Ring does not store deleted doorbell footage without a subscription, as questions continue about how law enforcement recovered previously inaccessible video evidence of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
Siminoff addressed the issue during an appearance on “The bottom line,” where hosts Dagen McDowell and Brian Brenberg asked about subscription storage, privacy issues and the reported recovery of doorbell video by federal authorities.
“I know with Ring specifically, if you delete a recording or if you don’t want a recording, you don’t have a subscription. We don’t have that stored. I know because I built the systems with my team,” Siminoff said.
Siminoff cautioned against speculating on the details of Guthrie’s research, noting that different companies build their systems differently.
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Jamie Siminoff, the founder of Ring, gave an interview to FOX Business’ The Bottom Line on Tuesday about accessing doorbell camera video in connection with the Nancy Guthrie case. (Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images)
“I wouldn’t want to speculate,” he said. “Maybe they are too, maybe we’re wrong, and that she did have some kind of subscription. You know, again, we’re getting a lot of things, in these cases, I’ve found that a lot of the things we’re hearing aren’t always right, and we’ll find out later what’s going on.”
He reiterated that Ring does not retain deleted images without an active subscription.
“If you delete a recording or if you don’t want a recording, you don’t have a subscription. We don’t have it stored,” Siminoff said.
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FBI Director Kash Patel shared still footage recovered from a doorbell camera outside Nancy Guthrie’s residence. (@FBIDirectorKashPatel via X)
Federal officials said Tuesday that the video was recovered from “residual data located on background systems,” according to a statement released to X by Director of the FBI Kash Patel.
Google cooperated with the FBI to recover the video, a federal source confirmed to Fox News Digital.
Asked how investigators might have been able to recover images from the doorbell in the Guthrie case, Siminoff again cautioned against speculation, stressing that companies build their systems differently.
“I mean, it’s definitely hard to speculate on something like this because, you know, everybody builds their systems differently,” he said.
He again declined to draw conclusions about what happened in that case.
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A doorbell device with a built-in camera manufactured by home security company Ring. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Getty Images)
“Again, I don’t want to speculate exactly like what happened or what subscription they had or whatever,” Siminoff said. “I think there’s probably a lot of information that we don’t know.”
Siminoff said evidence from the video could be important to investigators.
“It looks like this video might be the best evidence yet,” he said, “and it shows why it’s so important have these cameras.”
While avoiding details of the investigation, Siminoff said he was encouraged that authorities were able to recover video evidence.
“But again, I’m glad to see here that, you know, for whatever reason they were able to with that camera, you know, get it back,” he said. “Because I think this evidence will hopefully lead to a solution here to this, this truly tragic case.”
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During the interview, Siminoff also responded to the backlash surrounding Ring’s Super Bowl “Search Party” ad, which focused on a feature designed to help locate lost pets.
“It’s really like it’s completely privacy-based,” he said. “So what we do is we like we look for a dog, somebody posts a dog, we find it, we say, you know, Jamie, this dog that’s lost in your neighborhood looks like this dog in front of your camera. Do you want to contact your neighbor?”
He said users retain full control over whether any contact occurs.
“If you say no, your privacy is protected. You’re totally fine,” Siminoff said. “If you say yes, as I think most people would, you help bring the dog back.”
He added that the feature has helped reunite pets with their owners.
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“We’re back with a dog a day,” Siminoff said. “And we do it while maintaining privacy and trust because that’s very important.”
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Fox News Digital’s Emma Bussey contributed to this report.






