December 19, 2024

Stick It to The Man

A site of rebellion.

The Intercept recently reported that The Ring home security camera from Amazon has some pretty gaping technolgy flaws.  These flaws allow Ring employees, hackers, law enforcement, and whomever to use this alleged security device to peep into unsuspecting people’s lives.

While the easiest solution is not to use Ring from Amazon or Nest from Google, some people just have to have it.  So, for them, here is some advice on how to minimize this kind of spying.

From

The Washington Post

The New York Times

Even without these home intrusions, there are still the issues of Smart TV’s spying on you, as well as “home assistants” like Alexa and Siri are listening in when they’re on.