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> I am sorry to be that guy, and I think it is good that you realized it your self, but how could you trust them with your videofeeds in the first place? In my
by fullstop 1y ago
> I am sorry to be that guy, and I think it is good that you realized it your self, but how could you trust them with your videofeeds in the first place?
In my case, I received a ring doorbell as a gift. I ran it for several years and replaced it with Reolink on a vlan.
- rightbyte 1y agoWell to be fair I've used some silly and expensive Meater Plus thermometer that needed an Android app just because I got is as a gift from my father in law and wanted to be able to at least tell him I used it. It is hard to turn down present with "it will spy on me" when ordinary people think a thermometer can't. But I am quite sure I would refuse to install a SaaS CCTV.
- fullstop 1y agoTo be fair, when I had a Ring camera it wasn't owned by Amazon and they weren't sharing my data with the police.
- const_cast 1y agoAh, but they WERE stalking their customers. Although that continued into Amazon too. And to be clear, when I say stalking, I mean it literally: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ring-security-cameras-gave-employee-full-access-customer/story?id=99737142 https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ring-security-cameras-gave...
- fullstop 1y ago> In August of 2017, a supervisor discovered what the employee was doing only "after the supervisor noticed that the male employee was only viewing videos of 'pretty girls,'" the complaint alleges. That employee was terminated, the filing says. Phew -- I am definitely not a "pretty girl". Seriously, though, I'm glad that I ditched Ring and that it only pointed at my walkway.