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In reply to the discussion: This is why I don't buy into the whole "internet of things" ( IoT): [View all]MineralMan
(146,329 posts)39. We're already up to our necks in it.
There are cameras everywhere, including all of those cameras in all of those cell phones. People are making video of just about everything these days. My niece, for example used Facebook live to video my family's Christmas gathering. I looked in on it briefly. Everyone on her friends list had access to it. She had her cell phone propped up on a table to do the video.
I doubt she even thought about it for a second. She could do it, so she did.
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Yes, the full article points out that the big tech companies have ways to make them more
tblue37
Dec 2019
#7
You cant go there from the normal internet, you have to download a special encrypted server
Baclava
Dec 2019
#49
Im talking about the average user, not criminals looking to avoid the cops, lots of them there too
Baclava
Dec 2019
#56
Many of these products use Open-Source Software, compromised by hacker, nation state actors.
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2019
#10
That's silly. You are buying stuff made in China. It doesn't matter what the software is...
hunter
Dec 2019
#44
Not silly, but brings up good point. The hardware can, and often is, embedded with data mining chips
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2019
#46
It's related, because for the high risks of surveillance, you should get a much better ROI. nt
tblue37
Dec 2019
#14
:::Counts the number of years I have even THOUGHT of owning a doorbell camera:::::
A HERETIC I AM
Dec 2019
#20
I'm still debating about the value of having a NEST or RING camera for the front door, other...
SWBTATTReg
Dec 2019
#22
Police departments are getting into agreements with Ring to be able to get footage
Pompoy
Dec 2019
#24
Perhaps I'm old and out of the loop, I don't grok the "internet of things".
lambchopp59
Dec 2019
#34
Unfortunately, this is the trend as we wade deep into the surveillence society.
patphil
Dec 2019
#35