Meet the Founder

Ric Ralston is the inventor of Mic-Lock and a digital privacy innovator with decades of experience in internet infrastructure. His work during the dot-com era and post-9/11 tech landscape gave him firsthand insight into how vulnerable our communication systems truly are.

That insight drove him to act. After developing a successful webcam cover while working in China, Ralston turned his focus to audio privacy - creating Mic-Lock, a patented, plug-and-play hardware solution that physically blocks microphone access without any software. Simple, effective, and device-agnostic, Mic-Lock has shipped over one million units worldwide.