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There is a big difference between saying Ring Doorbell leaks user data, and Ring App leaks user data. Even though BBC purposefully puts the wrong thing in the
by ActorNightly 7y ago
There is a big difference between saying Ring Doorbell leaks user data, and Ring App leaks user data.
Even though BBC purposefully puts the wrong thing in the title for clicks, I would hope that HN users would pay more attention to detail.
In other news, smartphones spy on you.
- supercanuck 7y agoThis is pedantic. The Ring Doorbell doesn't function without the App.
- ActorNightly 7y ago" Ring doorbell 'gives Facebook and Google user data" I hope I really don't have to explain the implication in this statement of how the doorbell sits there, records/listens, and then sends out data to FB/Google. Versus saying that a smartphone app collects tracking analytics, like pretty much every other major app out there.
- _jal 7y ago"No, you see? It is the remote control that explodes when you push the button. Not the TV! That's entirely different!"
- damq 7y agoIf hypothetically this analogy was even close to accurate, it would be entirely different because the remote is usually an order of magnitude less expensive than the TV.
- bdcravens 7y agoYou can have the app installed without owning a doorbell (using the Ring Security system, for example)
- derwiki 7y agoI have ring doorbell/cams and use the web site, not the app.
- TheCoelacanth 7y agoUnless the website is missing those trackers, that's a distinction without a difference.