Oh look, that thing they said definitely wasn’t happening was happening…

  • JuxtaposedJaguar
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    1 year ago

    I’m shocked, shocked I tell you!

    I don’t understand how anyone still trusts any off-the-shelf smart device. Even the companies that explicitly promise not to do something have been found doing it.

    • orclev
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      1 year ago

      Smart devices aren’t so much the issue as internet connected ones. I use a number of ZWave smart devices, but I avoid buying any smart device that connects with wifi. You do need some kind of hub device ultimately but even in that case you can use your own hardware and software for that.

      • schizanon@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Just run your own router and block all the outgoing connections you don’t want. I love my EufyCams, they work great and store video on premises. All I have to do is block the connections it makes to send video previews in push notifications.

    • fishy 2.0 (he/him)@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      especially cameras inside their houses if you need a security cameras to monitor whats happening outside your house go pay someone to install them this way you control the access instead of trusting a 3rd party with info about when your home or not

    • dan1101
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      1 year ago

      It’s so crazy to me that people will install spying devices in their homes that X number of random faraway people can access and they will PAY to do it. Even if everything is 100% honorable and well-run initially, most everything changes given enough time.