Another thing users are “agreeing” by default and have to opt-out?
Opt-out!? Sounds like some woke shit capitalist jesus wouldn’t agree on
Stop buying these fucking things. All they do is give you a memento of whatever happens at your door. They don’t stop shit from happening, they just record it.
Not everyone can afford cctv
Yes you can, if you can afford a Ring+subscription you can afford to get NVR+4 cameras and install them. Reolink even has doorbell cams that you can add to the NVR.
Generic onvif/rtsp cams are a dime a dozen and work with any NVR program that supports open standards. We’re talking $30ish for stuff that’s weatherproof, wifi, some with backup batteries, pan tilt zoom, 2 way audio. Cheap indoor models are like $20. It all runs locally if you install one of the several free NVR programs on a computer on your LAN.
Shocked Pikachu who could have predicted
Id like to thing Ring users and pontential buyers would drop after the recent outage. Probably wont though.
AWS hosts about 1/3 of all Internet traffic. Most alternatives likely store data on AWS
Unless you do your own system. A NVR and a doorbell camera. Software like Blue Iris can even send notifications by email, telegram, or SMS.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the outage was caused by Palantir getting a shit load of new data suddenly.
When these ring cameras came out I got into an argument with a friend, who got one immediately, that they were just advanced tools for state surveillance.
I think I said something like, sure you can’t put a CCTV camera on every civilian door in the U.S. (also pointed at their neighbors) but you can sure as hell sell them their own.
Every town around me have installed these fucking things, covering every major route. In order to get out of my local area without being tracked I have to drive on some serious hillbilly roads. It’s exhausting.
Do you have any hobbies that require that kind of caution?
Its not about what your doing its the fact, it indiscriminately tracks people.
What is fine and legal today could be illegal tomorrow.
Also there are so many examples of abuse and mistakes by flock that they are unredeemable
