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Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S. Surveillance State (greenwald.substack.com)
submitted 5 days ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Hacker News.

Just a decade after a global backlash was triggered by Snowden reporting on mass domestic surveillance, the state-corporate dragnet is stronger and more invasive than ever.

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[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Just wanted to point out one oddly written passage:

Numerous media outlets sounded the alarm. The online privacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) condemned Ring’s program …

Many private citizens who previously used Ring also reacted negatively. “Viral videos online show people removing or destroying their cameras over privacy concerns,” reported USA Today

I was hoping to see that this story had gone national and wasn’t just a buzz in privacy centric circles, so my ears pricked up when they said “numerous media outlets.” But then the example they gave was a quote from was EFF, which I would not exactly call a “media outlet.”

Below they go on to say that “private citizens” also cried out, and then they use a quote from a USA Today article. USA Today - now that’s a media outlet. 🤷‍♂️

Next they say that even scum sucker fish are against all this, using a quote from JD Vance to back it up, and that part was all right.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

My progressive-but-detached friends have suddenly noticed how creepy the services are. Not sure if it's enough to get them to cancel whatever they have, but the combo of "Ring wants constant access" and "Google handed over inaccessible data" has at least gotten them to question their privacy.

Can't speak for conservatives because I don't have any of those left in my circle.