Is it time to ring the alarm on internet door cameras?
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Convenience? Ok. But safety? Are door viewers unsafe?
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It was time a decade ago. And people were. But few people listened.
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It's been time, dumbass
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Recycle or upcycle. Trash is one of the dumbest uses. I understand the total logic it's just not the best case scenario.
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Yes, I only used mqtt because it’s a common low-level protocol in smart appliances that’s comparatively simple. A more accessible example might have been Smart TVs being half the price of dumb ones (if you can even find them now) since the principle is the same.
I agree that support is one of the main things cloud legitimately makes easier. Support personnel have more reliable case data, more robust central control, and so forth.
And I think you’ll agree many smart home folks already have/had hubs and bridges (servers) floating around that obfuscate most of that complexity without the need for always-on WAN access. Remote maintenance (patches, firmware updates, etc) don’t necessarily preclude a plug and play experience.
Whether this accounts for the cost and complexity differential consumers experience can be debated, but my point was simpler. Cloud-based products are artificially subsidized in at least two ways. The first is that they’re a loss leader facilitating platform lock-in, but the second is that rich usage data from intimate user contexts is quite valuable to the endless parade of marketing voyeurs.
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I left a flat spot on my door so people can knock
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not really in that situation
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I agree with the sentiment of this article and warranted suspicion of connected cameras but its weird that the writer just jumps to food delivery apps part way through and then straight back to doorbell cameras.
Also, what's this part supposed to mean?
...images that have been forwarded so many times they have the weary sheen of photocopies.
The number of times a digital image is forwarded won't affect it's appearance.
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It depends how you forward images. I assume they are referring to how many/most services (like whatsapp/discord/telegram etc) don't just send the original file, but do some compression to save data. Do this a bunch of times and you end up with a photo that starts to show noticeable artifacts/pixellation.
That's my take at least
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Actually - yes, some models are really unsafe. There are "reverse peephole viewers" out there that allow people to, well, view into your apartement. And some models are just screwed together, so a burglar can unscrew them from the outside and then try to push down your handle via the hole.
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With violent criminals running the government, yeah, I kinda do. You can't trust police body cams to work when they come knocking. Also useful for package thieves and people that deface your anti-nazi sign.
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