• GigglyBobble@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    People don’t think about that. You have to register somewhere in order to use your $12.99 cam, install some app and are good to go.

    How would a someone not interested in tech know that the footage data is stored on some online server and you are at the mercy of their itsec.

    • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social
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      11 months ago

      Which is why these companies that are marketing wifi and cloud-polling devices should be held responsible for the data breaches and regulated more rigorously.

      It should be cost-prohibitive to design a smart device that sends data to a centralized server, but they do it because the upside value of having the data is so attractive. They shouldn’t be allowed to hide behind a ToS agreement with mandatory arbitration when their security is inevitably breached.

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        11 months ago

        Take it up with your congressman.

        Seriously. It sounds like you have an informed and well-reasoned opinion. They’re not 100% corrupt. And they usually only hear about tech from industry lobbyists.

        Let them hear from an intelligent constituent for a change.

        • KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ@lemmy.ml
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          11 months ago

          Good luck with that, your voice is going to be drowned out by all the companies masquerading as “people” whom they really represent.

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        11 months ago

        Good luck holding a company sitting in China “responsible” for about anything.