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Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S. Surveillance State (greenwald.substack.com)
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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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[–] TWeaK@lemmy.today 14 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I was looking for a new TV last month, the salesman said it was "sacrilege" when I told him I had no intention of connecting the TV to the internet or using its online functions since I will have a media PC connected to it. I was just interested in the quality of the screen.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 10 points 6 hours ago

I had to revert the firmware on a TV because it effectively bricked itself when the software was no longer supported. I don’t connect these things to the Internet. They will simply display what I tell them to.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I was looking for a phone that didn't have a camera. I told him I already have a camera that is NOT a phone.

He was aghast.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

They definitely make them, but it's mostly for the government. I don't know if you can get and use one outside of their contract.

[–] natecox@programming.dev 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Did you find one?

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 58 minutes ago)

Well, sort of. I'm now using Google Voice as a land-line.

For portability I have a personal Hot-Spot and an old iPad that is NOT chipped for phones. I can use the iPad's browser, with my Hot-Spot, to get to my Google Voice account.

I can get voice and pictures and text but for the most part it's at HOME.