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Re:The privacy loophole in your doorbell by jerbearito on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @09:47PM (#35077795)
So you're saying that, in the event of owning your own data and being asked for it, you would get a lawyer because you acknowledge that there could be unforeseen conseqeuences and aspects of the request that you might not understand. But you would simultaneously prefer to let a megacorp own your data so you don't have to think about any of that?

So you're happy to give away your data, but also insistent that you should pay someone to review the request for your data. Apologies if I'm misunderstanding your comments (very possible), but I think I at least understand why some folks are confused.

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Re:The privacy loophole in your doorbell by asveikau on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @09:51PM (#35077814)
I did say both of these things. Because there are upshots and downsides to each. Both are true.

You can't escape the shittiness of this problem by running your own server. It's a bad situation either way.

The root of the problem as i read it is overly zealous law enforcement and a judge that is not acting as a proper check on their power. It's a political problem. It can't be escaped with purely technical solutions like who stores the data.

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Re:The privacy loophole in your doorbell by jerbearito on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @09:54PM (#35077828)
Point taken, but I don't see enough of an upshot to giving away your data from the very start — retaining zero control so you don't have to deal with requests that may or may not ever happen.
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Re:The privacy loophole in your doorbell by incompatible on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @11:32PM (#35078341)
I wouldn't be surprised if a lawyer would want to view all the footage themselves, before making any decision like that. Hopefully, you aren't keeping 6 months worth, because lawyers typically charge by the hour.
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Re:The privacy loophole in your doorbell by etienne618 on Thursday March 09, 2023 @11:25AM (#35083015)
I think there may be a significant advantage to running your own server: you can controll how long you want to keep the data. For example, you can keep data from cameras recording the street/yard for longer and delete footage from inside the house daily (or choose to not even record when you are at home).
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