# Ring **Entity class:** Organization or company **Domain:** Labor Boards ## Definition Camera and connected-device company whose Community Requests and Search Party features appear in the article. The products illustrate registered coverage, requested footage, and neighborhood-scale event response. ## Operational role The task board recruits work, the sensor board recruits coverage, the commission board recruits qualified capability, and the agent board recruits executable workflows. A client engages a prime, the prime organizes contributors, and the resulting product returns to a model, operational center, or case. The boards make the market’s vocabulary and entry roles legible. **Architecture connections:** [[wiki/OSINT|OSINT]] · [[wiki/AI Agent|AI Agent]] · [[wiki/HUMINT|HUMINT]]. ## Relationships - **article-linked implementation or program:** [[wiki/Ring Community Requests|Ring Community Requests]]. - **article-linked implementation or program:** [[wiki/Ring Search Party|Ring Search Party]]. - **collection route:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]]. - **counterterrorism architecture:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. - **source article:** [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft#I. The Citizen as Sensor, the Sensor as State|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft — I. The Citizen as Sensor, the Sensor as State]] — October 2026 revision; immediate source for this entry’s place in the marketplace. - [CIA, Five Lessons in Spying, Courtesy of George Washington (February 19, 2026).](https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/5-lessons-in-spying-courtesy-of-george-washington/) - [Mount Vernon, Culper Spy Ring.](https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/culper-spy-ring) - [Hays Free Press, Kyle Police Department Launches Real-Time Crime Center (November 13, 2024).](https://www.haysfreepress.com/article/24655,kyle-police-department-launches-real-time-crime-center) ## Connected marketplace roles The source article connects this entry with [[wiki/Ring Community Requests|Ring Community Requests]], [[wiki/Ring Search Party|Ring Search Party]], [[wiki/Doorbell Camera|Doorbell Camera]]. These routes locate the associated people, implementations, methods, and operational contexts in [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]]. **Collections:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] · [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]].