Technology

the few that do this are the smart ones. I fear the ignorant/dumb wont follow when this story eventually dies

Why anyone ever thinks empowering psychopathic companies is ever a good idea is beyond me. They ALWAYS fuck us over. Every damn time.

Cancel prime too

The most appalling thing is the advertisers and whoever approved this live in a bubble where people are ok with massive surveillance, and don't imagine people will freak out when they see how Amazon can watch them. At least Meta knows their users hate them but are hostages of their network, that's why Meta buys or crushes competitors before they become too big. I've not seen that since a Ford's VP bragging about how much Ford will know absoltuely everything you do with "your" car (is it really?) and backpedaled live as he realized journalists were horrified. That was a long time ago. Today it's common.

It would be good if they had a way to limit range so it couldn't focus on anything that isn't within 10 ft of the door.

Switched to Logitech a while back. Uses iCloud encrypted storage.

WiFi connected cameras were a mistake. Although, if people are going to use these mass surveillance devices, using it to find dogs is great. It needs cat detection too.