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Re:Amazon Ring went from a smart doorbell company to a surve... by pdonis on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @03:31PM (#21706586)
> It's incredibly dumb to host 24x7 video surveillance of your home and your comings and goings outside of your home.

"Incredibly dumb" is way out of line. Many people (including me) find having such video available to be extremely useful. Yes, there is a tradeoff involved if you are buying the video capability from a third party instead of rolling your own, but many people find it a tradeoff worth making.

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Re:Amazon Ring went from a smart doorbell company to a surve... by Spooky23 on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @06:46PM (#21708406)
There are solutions that provide a seamless experience for accessing footage without storing data outside of the home.

When you host information with a third party, your only protection is your contract.

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Re:Amazon Ring went from a smart doorbell company to a surve... by pdonis on Thursday December 05, 2019 @12:26PM (#21714179)
> There are solutions that provide a seamless experience for accessing footage without storing data outside of the home.

Can you give some specific examples?

Also, storing data outside of the home (or at least backup copies of it) might be a good idea in case something happens to your home.

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