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Reason #186729 why it's insane to have no right to privacy in public.
Fun fact: Recording the public is illegal in Germany. Any private video camera must only be able to record your own property. If you do record (and store - smart doorbells without storage that are only active when they are rung are exempted) material you must have visible warnings (that others can see BEFORE being recorded) or else any evidence you collect is likely to be thrown out in court.
It's the same here in Sweden. You're definitely allowed to vlog and such, if you're recording yourself, or general environment stuff for a purpose that's okay. You aren't allowed to surveil public areas. Naturally this also means that doorbell cameras can be perfectly fine, provided they don't catch public spaces. If your door points sideways for example, and there's a hedge blocking any public space, you're fine.
If you're in a flat and you're recording the stairwell, well that's illegal.
Are people going to start listening to their "paranoid" nephews yet?
This may finally convince my parents to get rid of their ring camera. Thank you
Crazy how a company owned by Amazon would do this. /s
It's just out in the open, you're too stupid if you think they didn't do it already.
My old ring is in a box ready to go to electronics resell/recycling. Maybe it needs a meeting with my friend Sledge before it goes out, so it can't hurt anyone again.
+1 - Break out that hammer!
Yeah, the idea of Amazon running my home security did NOT appeal to me. I went with another brand.
Ah, the ol' fascist switcheroo
In case it wasn't obvious, you have to be pretty fucking stupid to install surveillance in your own house linked to tech corporations, with your own money, while generating a profit for them.
