This is why I don't own any smart home devices.
It's insane that Amazon can pay ONLY 5.8 millions and walk away without even admitting guilt
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2023
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Ditto. It's for this very reason that I create my own "smart devices" which only have the ability to communicate locally inside my network. When I need to reach them, I do it via a VPN that uses high encryption and specifically tailored non-standard settings.
Trust off the shelf stuff likely made in China inside my home? Uh...that's a big fat NOPE.
The saddest thing is that even when the general population know this, they still get them. How does this company even win?! Ughhh.
Yep. Told my mom about this stuff and where women were being spied on in their rooms and whatnot.
She somehow blames the women for having cameras in their rooms. Wat
Ugh, victim blaming :(
I'm sure pedophiles would love that defense.
It's depressing to think how useful this technology could be for disabled people if it weren't always fucking spying on you. But that will never change in today's society.
Definitely! I have elderly family members who would really benefit from the peace of mind that we can keep an eye out for them. When they get to that point, we will probably look for the best camera and get it, but it would be nice if there wasn't a concern about random people watching the feed.
If you don't mind going the DIY route look into 'Home Assistant'.
This really shouldn't be news to anyone, coverage surrounding this has been happening for quite some time, and I really don't think its going away, people in my neighborhood still have these dystopian cameras installed, chances are they don't care, all you can do is protect yourself by using local only cameras and perhaps wearing a hat / sunglasses like the reflectacles that will block infrared so your eyes can't be seen, and keep conversations away from these things.
Gee, what a surprise.. 🙄
Only a surprise to the people foolish enough to buy the device in the first place.
thats very messed up, i would personally never trust one of these cloud security cameras myself, i'd either selfhost or get a local one, otherwise it'd always be a risk/blind trust.
Ah yes, we need to make a c/noshitsherlock
Is anyone really surprised by this? It's 2023, my air conditioner spies on me.
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