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This is the immediate problem. Ignore the FAANG issues for a second, and imagine considering a rental with locks, lights, and thermostats that write to a databa
by nabilhat 7y ago
This is the immediate problem. Ignore the FAANG issues for a second, and imagine considering a rental with locks, lights, and thermostats that write to a database your landlord controls.
With a baby monitor in the living room that the landlord controls.
Getting back to the "smart home" features, allowing your landlord the ability to apply parental controls to restrict your use of features, purchases, requests; and to record them. The privacy issues go well beyond simply installing listening devices which can eavesdrop on tenants.