Posted to the Fediverse yesterday. This is a stark warning about how technology can do what it wants, and how when we don't have access to the code that makes it work, we don't know what it is doing.

A good reason to support software freedom

• Amazon's Ring used to spy on customers

You are better off with a RaspberryPi and a Camera Module along with a suitable programming language such as Python and hacking your own.

We can perhaps discuss at a future STEM Group.

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#Amazon#Ring,#Privacy,#Spying.#Alternative,#FreeSoftware,#Python,#RaspberryPi,#CameraModule,#Hardware,#Hacking

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While ordering products from Amazon is easy, avoiding signing up to their prime service. The screenshot below, tries to illustrate this, the sign up link is the stand out area on the right, the small link in the centre, allows you yo just complete the order without signing up to prime and their £7.99 (or what ever they charge).

So next time you order something, if you don't want to sign up to prime, make sure you double check the links. The way the site is designed appears to try and trick you in to signing up.

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