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You've looked at the security features (which, as sibling comment points out, is related to, but not the same as privacy), and stopped short of reading the full

You've looked at the security features (which, as sibling comment points out, is related to, but not the same as privacy), and stopped short of reading the full privacy review. A lot of commenters have made the same mistake, so perhaps this is useful UX feedback for Mozilla. The title however, is NOT misleading. To copypaste the parts nobody seems to be reading: Can it snoop on me? Camera: Yes Microphone: Yes Tracks Location: Yes How does it handle privacy How does it share data? data about your Portal usage – how often you do video calls, what apps you open, what features you use – can be used to target you with advertisements across Facebook. The company may also share specific demographic and audience engagement data with advertisers and analytics partners. Collects biometrics data? Yes User friendly privacy info? No

still_grokking 7y ago
There is even more on that website: What could happen if something went wrong Facebook has a history of betraying users' privacy and trust. They've faced record fines for this and have been caught hiding privacy breaches from their users. This is the starting point for bringing a device with an AI-powered smart camera and always listening microphone that is sending data back to Facebook regularly. They also say they do human review of audio snippets unless you chose (and take the time to figure out how) to opt out. The question comes down to, does Facebook have your best interests at heart when it collects all the data this device is capabal of collecting on you. In the past--from Cambridge Analytic and beyond--the answer to that question has way too often been, NO.