Nest Cam status lights can no longer be turned off for privacy
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Nest Cam status lights can no longer be turned off for privacy
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Re: Nest Cam status lights can no longer be turned off for privacy
#2The privacy of whom?
Google seems to favoring the privacy of those who might be recorded by the camera. The owners of the cameras object. I'm not entirely sure why: do they expect privacy while recording others?
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#3>As it turns out, many people use these security cams to secure their homes and don't want thieves to know that they're being watched
I don't get this argument. The whole reason the fake security camera market exists is to deter crime by giving the illusion of being actively watched; if you want to play spy and switch it off to prove a person's true nature it is your business, but at the end of the day the crime has still been committed and your stuff is still gone
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#4I'm glad I ditched all my nest stuff.
Re: Nest Cam status lights can no longer be turned off for privacy
#5Not hard to work around... open the device up, desolder or just cover up the LED? Or if you’re lazier, electrical tape on the exterior... Works for all kinds of annoyingly bright status LEDs!
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#6How about don't put Google surveillance cameras in your home? You don't "own" anything Google or Microsoft sells you. You are licensing their tech and you are their bitch when they decide to pull the rug out from under you. People tolerate such abusive, anti-consumer behavior and invasion of privacy all in the name of convenience. In any relationship people have an ethical responsibility to not enable abusive behavior (to the extent possible) -- this goes for people just as well as amoral corporations. So just don't fucking use their shit.
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#7>As it turns out, many people use these security cams to secure their homes and don't want thieves to know that they're being watched I don't get this argument. The whole reason the fake security camera market exists is to deter crime by giving the illusion of being actively watched; if you want to play spy and switch it off to prove a person's true nature it is your business, but at the end of the day the crime has…
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Re: Nest Cam status lights can no longer be turned off for privacy
#8Not hard to work around... open the device up, desolder or just cover up the LED? Or if you’re lazier, electrical tape on the exterior... Works for all kinds of annoyingly bright status LEDs!
maybe im too much of a consumer, but I bought a pack of led dimming stickers like the ones linked below to cover all the status lights on my computers and such cause I hate led lights in my house at night.
https://www.amazon.com/LightDims-Original-Strength-Electroni...
Re: Nest Cam status lights can no longer be turned off for privacy
#9The privacy of whom? Google seems to favoring the privacy of those who might be recorded by the camera. The owners of the cameras object. I'm not entirely sure why: do they expect privacy while recording others?
Hmm wow real stumper here my lad - let's break it down.
I own a camera I bought. I am operating said camera on my property for the purposes of general surveillance and security. But somehow the camera vendor thinks the privacy of a potential subject being recorded outweighs the owner's rights to use the product as they see fit.
I fully encourage Google to continue with such dumbass behavior. Max it out - go 9001%.
Re: Nest Cam status lights can no longer be turned off for privacy
#10>As it turns out, many people use these security cams to secure their homes and don't want thieves to know that they're being watched I don't get this argument. The whole reason the fake security camera market exists is to deter crime by giving the illusion of being actively watched; if you want to play spy and switch it off to prove a person's true nature it is your business, but at the end of the day the crime has…
Indeed. And if someone have uninvited people in their home, I think they have bigger problems than the camera light...