Imagine paying to get tapped. Never been fond of all these smart home gadgets, although I do love the features it offers. I’d buy one in a heartbeat if it wouldn’t be so privacy intrusive.
Good news is that self-hosting with things like Home Assistant (home-assistant.io) , privacy-respecting open source smarthome stuff is becoming a lot more accessible!
Stuff that’s heavily encrypted that only you or your household can access.
It all stays local and belongs to the user, instead of relying on some monolithic tech-giant.
I just wish there was a better way to educate people about it, but there’s unfortunately billions invested in making sure people forget how technology works and waving shiny exploitative e-waste in front of them instead.
seriously remember when these first came out circa 2014 and only wealthy people were buying them? Then Amazon saw what power they had in their hands recording all audio from within people’s homes, they brought the price down way low so even Neanderthals can have these now. Oh the spying possibilities!
Like how they have a complete surveillance network of “Ring” devices on 98/100 homes in American suburbs?
You’d think it was mandatory. It’s so creepy. I don’t even wanna think how many cameras catch me from all angles just walking down the street.
Not a fan of how “meta” is swarming the VR market with loss-leader headsets either. Lord knows the kind of data they’re pulling from those things, and on top of it, they’re turning VR into another mobile-trash market in the process. But that’s another conversation.
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