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“I have nothing to hide”: Why Privacy Matters
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I get your point, but the fact that the data is available elsewhere isn't really an argument for allowing another vector to collect the data (and also cross verify it).
There's more of an argument if there's not really another choice, say buying a new car that doesn't collect data isn't really an option since they all do it on some level. You either buy a car or not.
But cameras there are options that are not cloud based. Safemo is probably the best comparable product to other WiFi cameras, and then there's any NVR system. You can accomplish the same thing without much sacrifice or compromise.
Then there's the its "fine" today but tomorrow things change... Like Ring now feeding images to Flock and their surveillance/facial recognition system.
So no, its not quite okay that "they already have my data from other places so it doesn't matter"