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I just got rid of my Google Home devices; gave them away as Christmas gifts and noticed half of those in the gift exchange didnt want any spying devices either.
by paul7986 7y ago
I just got rid of my Google Home devices; gave them away as Christmas gifts and noticed half of those in the gift exchange didnt want any spying devices either.
Overall I really enjoyed using them especially the digital picture frame, but as long as they are spying devices to show you creepy ads (created by Google and Amazon) then Im not interested. I wish Apple would offer comparably tech at a normal price point. If not Apple another company whose is all about privacy and the device only connects to the Internet to download and store daily weather and traffic info. It would be a home network only device that listens when you summon it and it would alert you (via email or text) that a hacker is trying to hack it if it's Internet channel for downloading info is compromised.
- incompatible 7y agoObviously, any device that communicates with an untrusted 3rd party whenever it's turned on is not even trying to be trustworthy. Watching for any unexpected network traffic would be a very basic step in assessing the trustworthiness of a device. I suppose, lacking the kind of efforts that Bunnie is making, the best you can do is start with relatively simple mass produced hardware, purchase it in a way that it can't be tampered with specifically for you, install an open-source OS which doesn't communicate with 3rd parties, check the software checksums. Some applications, like vote counters, may not even need an Internet connection. Creating a secure system to count votes isn't something I'd like to be asked to do.