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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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FTC: Amazon/Ring workers illegally spied on users of home security cameras (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by LittleParticles@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Oh look, that thing they said definitely wasn't happening was happening...

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[–] orclev@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Smart devices aren't so much the issue as internet connected ones. I use a number of ZWave smart devices, but I avoid buying any smart device that connects with wifi. You do need some kind of hub device ultimately but even in that case you can use your own hardware and software for that.

[–] schizanon@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Just run your own router and block all the outgoing connections you don't want. I love my EufyCams, they work great and store video on premises. All I have to do is block the connections it makes to send video previews in push notifications.