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I'm not normally one to be creeped out by these kind of things. But this is a device that's designed to take photos and videos of you while you get dressed, and
by Blahah 10y ago
I'm not normally one to be creeped out by these kind of things. But this is a device that's designed to take photos and videos of you while you get dressed, and will be both connected to the internet and constantly communicating those images over the network.
This feels like a device literature professors would use to teach dystopian fiction writing.
edit: case in point - matthewmcg's comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14203772 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14203772
- GCA10 10y agoWhat could go wrong?
- chocolatebunny 10y agoI for one am looking forward to Fapening 3.0
- maxerickson 10y agoPlease consider trying to respect the privacy of people, even when the internet doesn't.
- Johnny555 10y agoIs it any riskier than a cell phone or laptop computer with a camera?
- i_cant_speel 10y agoIt's not usually recording you while you are changing.
- Johnny555 10y agoHow do you know? Amazon says their camera only records you when you ask it to, if you don't trust them, then how do you trust that your cellphone or laptop isn't recording you illicitly?
- icebraining 10y agoThe point is that one doesn't usually purposefully keep our cameras directly pointed at us when we're changing clothes. Cellphones in particular are usually pointed at the table directly under them. Laptops are often more risky, which is why these exist: https://supporters.eff.org/shop/laptop-camera-cover-set https://supporters.eff.org/shop/laptop-camera-cover-set
- i_cant_speel 10y agoThat's true. I was more saying that it's not usually pointed in my direction when I'm changing. I have a cover over my webcam and my phone is usually looking at the ceiling or whatever surface it's on.
- twothamendment 10y agoHow do I know my smart phone isn't shooting a video of me when I'm dressing? It isn't pointed at me. It doesn't sit on a stand with a view of the room. Sure the microphone might catch something interesting in the bedroom, but setting up an internet connected camera with a view is very different than than one that is pointed in a safe direction. Firearms: never point it at something you don't want to destroy. Internet connected cameras: never point them at something you don't want the world to see.
- ReedJessen 10y agoYou have my upvote for distilling my ambiguous worries into a catchphrase I can repeat to my friends and family.
- BlackjackCF 10y agoJust the first camera shot in that ad was already creepy as fuck.
- friedman23 10y agoSeriously, who thought the stalker sneaking around the door camera shot was a good idea?
- splintercell 10y agoMy wife does this daily thing where she tries a pair of clothing, looks at herself in the mirror, sometimes ask my opinion, then change into complete different outfit, repeating the same process until she settles on what she would wear. I swear, my wife would LOVE this product, unless I can scare her about the security implications.
- Shivetya 10y agodidn't the XBOX also feature something similar to this? I could swear I saw demos where it took your picture and did fashion shows
- WorldMaker 10y agoThere are Kinect-based 3rd Party fitting room applications, mostly used as demos at fashion shows it looks like from a quick search. There are also Kinect games that play with similar concepts, in the space of a game. The Xbox itself has never had fashion/fitting advice as a feature.
- philsnow 10y agowhat's worse: that amazon thought that enough people wouldn't care about an always-on, always-connected camera watching them get dressed (and undressed) every day, to make it a viable product ? ... or that _they might be right_ ?
- Eridrus 10y agoThis is basically a Nest Dropcam, and people seem to like those.
- croon 10y agoBut isn't that for home security/checking in when you're not home? The always-connected part is the steep price for that functionality. Here the entire thing is designed around constantly uploading incriminating photos of you, without the value of home security.
- Eridrus 10y agoOn one hand the Dropcam is constantly uploading video and audio of you and storing it in the cloud for extended periods of time, even when you're home. On the other hand, the Echo Look only uploads photos when you ask it to, and AFAIK doesn't store them, but everyone is freaking out because it could upload photos whenever it wants. Sure, HN doesn't see the value in a Look, but it is clearly less invasive than a Dropcam.
- philsnow 10y agoIt's only more invasive if you assume that things only do what they say on the tin.
- eh78ssxv2f 10y agoNo, because people typically either install nestcam outdoors or set it to turn it on when they are not at home. Also, I suppose very few people install Nestcams in the bedroom/bathroom/closet.
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- return0 10y ago> this is a device that's designed to take photos and videos of you while you get dressed, and will be both connected to the internet and constantly communicating those images over the network. So, like a smartphone?