Or you could choose an option that does neither. Why feed the autocrats at all?
Comment on Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance
skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I bought a cheap Chinese security camera for a fraction of the cost of a Ring and signed up for their cloud storage system. I’m more comfortable with the Chinese government being able to access footage of my backyard, than the current US administration.
drmoose@lemmy.world 1 day ago
skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
eh, you might have a spare day to source a completely uncompromised camera and find someone in a trusted neutral country who runs an unproblematic hosting service and configure a system to do offsite storage in a secure way, but I’ve got other stuff going on.
tabular@lemmy.world 1 day ago
An offsite server is not under your control and accessible by who knows. Surely it is still a privacy concern.
Privacy is like security in that it costs time. Most people don’t spend time on even having a conversation like this but if something bothers you then finding a spare day is easier.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Besides that I would trust a Chinese cloud way more than a murican one (I’m non-US), this really is a lazy excuse. This apathy paired with ignorance or being technically challenged is the main reason dystopian shit like ring even sells at all. Or all those silly “smart” assistants like Alexa.
E.g. A raspberry (or the likes) with some run-of-the-mill ip-cam, some wifi-doorbell and AgentDVR would do the same for even less moneyz. And just for you, not the whole world. Wouldn’t take more than some hours of setup.
skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Phrases like “renewing my subscription” in context of a fucking doorbell itself sounds so absurd to me.
Why? It’s logical to want your video footage held offsite so that burglars don’t just take the device you’re storing the footage of them on. Which means paying someone to store it for you. Which means a subscription. Even if you’re running AgentDVR on an offsite server that you control, you’re still paying money to the hosting company.
drmoose@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Nah you’re just being lazy. Its really not that hard. At least be ashamed man instead of this defeatist bullshit.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
What you’re saying makes me think you aren’t aware of the technical knowledge of your typical doorbell user, which is basically little to none.
chaosCruiser@futurology.today 1 day ago
Not too long ago, that statement would have sounded controversial or even crazy. Nowadays though, I’m shocked how much sense it makes to me. Never thought that I would agree with a statement like that.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Yeah. It’s crazy. I would choose neither because I can DIY something secure but for non-technical folks in the North America today the Chinese gov’t having your video is safer than a private US corporation.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 21 hours ago
To be honest china is more likely to come to their defense than american police are.