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Relatively minor from the perspective that the actual information which will leak from a Nest camera isn't really that unique. And as a network device, it's fairly simple to isolate and secure. The video a doorbell camera shoots is generally of "in view" public space, already visible to any camera. Your identity is already likely tied to the installation address where you've paid for the account with your credit card, which is also probably tied to that same address. If these things are not true, then you should obviously defer to your individual threat profile and disregard what I say.

The worst part of it is that these doorbell cameras could provide a state actor with a daily face shot database, but if you control it, then it can also be an adversarial source to that end.

But "minor" for me, is different from "minor" for you. For me, petty crime, and maybe some local cops with beef are a much bigger deal than hiding from the feds. That's my whole point here. Know your own threat profile. If officer Barbrady kicks down your door and violates your rights, he's going to take your local video server, but he's much less likely to get access to some random silicon valley colo farm. Don't fear the cloud, understand how to use it as a tool within your own threat profile.

Have you seen the world recently? We are literally at the point where states are policing interstate travel because people might have an abortion. Standing in opposition to actual fascism is an ethical imperative, and people who equivocate in the face of true evil should be condemned, at minimum.

You can't have good faith disagreements with people who are not operating in good faith. Republicans have lost their fucking minds.

What is the point she is trying to make? That women have agency? This is what passes for controversy on the right th se days?

Which is once again, the reason why understanding your threat surface properly so that you set up security enclaves which let you get value from cloud services without sacrificing privacy is more important than ever. Honestly, these posts frustrate me a bit. People are going to give up real, tangible security benefits of these modern security services over the spectre of relatively minor privacy issues which can be almost entirely mitigated with some pretty simple best practices that anyone interested in security should be doing anyway.

As a tangent, for me the entire utility for this stuff is cloud integration and alerts. Otherwise the only use of the camera is sending your insurance company videos of the break-in. This is one of those places where I am willing to give up a bit of privacy in a controlled way for the ability to get alerts in real time in case I need to call emergency services while away from home. Or tell my wife the delivery driver left the gate open and to close it so the dog doesn't get out.

To be honest, if you have a good security framework to begin with, there's no reason why a ring camera is super dangerous.

Actually I think that's kind of exactly what he predicted. Technological determinism would inevitably manifest the violent downfall of capitalism.

The utter irony of this being a monetized medium.com article

On the other hand, I'd wager that any given person who uses Linux daily at work is far more likely to own a stake in their company than the average worker.

My Linux laptop is also literally my means of production, which I own. Karl Marx never predicted this.

And 5 of them are just whining about capitalism

I mean, somebody has to, right? We can't have our children growing up to be lame.

I kind of feel like Frozen makes no sense and is a loosely contrived plot wrapped around what they knew would be a hit song.