lavender.petFeb 25
occult
Spotted around #CambridgeMA.
Feb 24 at 3:16amWeb
Show threadoccultFeb 24

Judging by the discussion around this topic, everyone may be interested in my essay on surveillance, privacy and the right to be unknown.

https://ominous.net/The_Right_to_Be_Unknown.html

The Right to Be Unknown

by occult

OMINOUS NETWORKS
Show threadDemocracy Dies in DumbassFeb 24

@occult Yup, mine went straight in the trash when they announced...

Replaced them with Reolink doorbells that are not internet connected... (they can work without internet, they just need internet for the initial configuration) ;-)

Show threadEntité terrestre auto-critiqueFeb 24
@ShredderFeeder @occult
Every connected object I had to hack was Internet connected.
Make your own ! it's not that hard #DIY
Show threadgrmonFeb 24
@occult https://anon.to/BzuBD5 #servicetoot
anon.to — Anonymized Redirect

Show threadShredd Tone  Feb 24

@occult We should never have installed them in the first place.

It's only now that people can see the issues caused to our privacy and our communities due to the shameless authoritarian acts of ICE that are becoming a lot more transparent these days that causes people to think and question more about what devices we use and install in our homes.

Show threadFrank HeijkampFeb 24
@occult #altText
Did you know?
Your
Ring
camera
is selling
your
neighbors
to ICE.
Smash it now.
Show threadoccultFeb 24
@alterelefant Corrected.
Show threadFrank HeijkampFeb 24
@occult Thank you for adding it. I have shared your post.
Show threadRaps CalorieFeb 24
@occult Depressingly, a selling point for many. :(
Show threadDanielFeb 24
@occult It encourages me that folks of all different political leanings are seeing these things as the evil they’ve always been.
Show threadoccultFeb 24
@daniel agreed, and it's bringing it into the mainstream. Folks who never thought about privacy and surveillance are starting to think about it a lot more.