They’re affordable and ubiquitous, but homeowners shouldn’t be able to act as vigilantes.

They’re affordable and ubiquitous, but homeowners shouldn’t be able to act as vigilantes.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
    122·
    1 year ago

    They don’t recommend them because of what the homeowners can do with them?

    I’m much more worried about the fact that they’re a constant feed of activity accessible by anyone who can bypass or be let through Amazon’s access controls.

    • techno156@kbin.social
      33·
      1 year ago

      Or shut them down, given the recent debacle with Amazon shutting down someone’s account, disabling their devices in the process.

    • Altima NEO@lemmy.zip
      9·
      1 year ago

      And here I am with my Eufy cameras…

      In fairness is JUST bought the damned things right as all the drama was happening.

      • Kindajustlikewhat@beehaw.org
        12·
        1 year ago

        Saying this as an ethnically Chinese person who is not being racist… I had a eufy robovac and when I discovered it was Chinese-owned and had a video camera installed on it… I immediately got rid of that thing. I don’t trust any technology company owned by China to be able to see into my home.