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Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S. Surveillance State
(greenwald.substack.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2026
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That's why I only buy Chinese.
Even if they surveill they have no reason to hurt me
dude, buying people is illegal!
;-)
Renting is legal
You could, idk, maybe not buy prepackaged surveillance camera that rely on someone else's computer to work.
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 and works via wifi
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.
That's a very short-sighted and unimaginative position.
Lmao. Idgaf. I get 0 money from ring income. Maybe they should stop fing me first.
And you're absolutely certain they don't sell the data back to US brokers or even authorities directly?