Comment on Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S. Surveillance State

sommerset@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• matlag@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And you’re absolutely certain they don’t sell the data back to US brokers or even authorities directly?

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• daychilde@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s why I only buy Chinese.

  dude, buying people is illegal!

  ;-)

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• frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s a very short-sighted and unimaginative position.

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  • sommerset@thelemmy.club ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Lmao. Idgaf. I get 0 money from ring income. Maybe they should stop fing me first.

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• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You could, idk, maybe not buy prepackaged surveillance camera that rely on someone else’s computer to work.

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  • sommerset@thelemmy.club ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Well ya, obviously. And I do that. But for most people that’s not an option. They just gonna get what they have available from Amazon

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    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If I have to choose between buying into a US run surveillance state or buying into a Chinese run surveillance state, I choose to buy neither.

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