irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeM to iiiiiiitttttttttttt · 2 months agoThere is a big difference between the people who are enthusiatic about tech, and the people who make it.lemm.eeimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1591arrow-down124
arrow-up1567arrow-down1imageThere is a big difference between the people who are enthusiatic about tech, and the people who make it.lemm.eeirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeM to iiiiiiitttttttttttt · 2 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareTwoBeeSanlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·2 months agoYou can only see so many articles about a ring camera oopsie and people seeing inside others cameras to think maybe this isn’t a good idea. Anything not locally hosted I assume is being harvested by ai, monetized in some capacity and inherently unsafe. Explaining this to people who don’t care is another matter. Realistically it’s your personal comfort level of data privacy, they’ll get you some way.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoEven if something isn’t collecting data from you, at any moment it could switch to doing so if its not hosted locally.
minus-square_cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoAny Ring device allows the local police department to access it at any time without a warrant. That’s enough for me to swear never to own one.
You can only see so many articles about a ring camera oopsie and people seeing inside others cameras to think maybe this isn’t a good idea.
Anything not locally hosted I assume is being harvested by ai, monetized in some capacity and inherently unsafe.
Explaining this to people who don’t care is another matter. Realistically it’s your personal comfort level of data privacy, they’ll get you some way.
Even if something isn’t collecting data from you, at any moment it could switch to doing so if its not hosted locally.
Any Ring device allows the local police department to access it at any time without a warrant. That’s enough for me to swear never to own one.