Re:Before buying Ring, WEMO or Roku, consider privacy issues
by jatowitt on Saturday November 23, 2019 @06:54PM
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Beware. I assume that you are referring to Ubiquiti Networks. A few weeks ago, the company was caught sending telemetry on their UniFi wireless routers.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/07/ubiquiti_networks_p...
Re:Before buying Ring, WEMO or Roku, consider privacy issues
by nontoxyc on Saturday November 23, 2019 @03:01PM
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Do you have a smart phone? If so I have bad news for you.....
Re:Before buying Ring, WEMO or Roku, consider privacy issues
by Jamwinner on Saturday November 23, 2019 @04:46PM
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Whataboutism, giving up on personal freedom or privacy, because it takes effort is not helpful. Your handle betrays you.
Re:Before buying Ring, WEMO or Roku, consider privacy issues
by nontoxyc on Saturday November 23, 2019 @10:07PM
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Oh I haven't given up at all. My cell phone service expires Dec 10 never to be renewed.
The massive amount of data your phone collects about you is quite relevant. Thanks for the downvotes which have now throttled my new account, and given me a bit of a bad impression of the community here.
Can you explain what you mean by "your handle betrays you?"
Re:Before buying Ring, WEMO or Roku, consider privacy issues
by cannonedhamster on Sunday November 24, 2019 @12:07AM
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You're new here. I suggest you read the rules of you haven't (it's to get an idea for how comments are handled and expectations). Comments tend to get downvoted if they do not add to the conversation. I'd give it a bit of time to learn how HN works before making up your mind. I get downvoted all the time, but if you're posting comments of value you can expect your karma to increase over time.
Consider 1) the multiple security breaches that pop up every week, usually following quite dumb holes (unprotected elastic search, unencrypted reset commands, etc.). I have 0 trust in how these companies store my data. 2) the relative longevity (lack thereof) of these companies that still function on investors money, which means that best case scenario your device is now a brick, worst case your data now belongs to a company the likes of Google that doesn't care (or are planly hostile) for your privacy.
My wife reaaaally wanted cameras in our house, I took ubiquity and didn't connect it to their "cloud", that's the only thing I somewhat trust