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<p>Posted to the <a href="https://axbom.medium.com/the-many-branches-of-the-fediverse-156dfb71f82f" rel="nofollow">Fediverse</a> yesterday. This is a stark warning about how technology can do what it wants, and how when we don&#39;t have access to the code that makes it work,  we don&#39;t know what it is doing.</p>

<p>A good reason to support <a href="https://www.gnu.org" rel="nofollow">software freedom</a></p>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-ftc-sues-amazoncoms-ring-2023-05-31/" rel="nofollow">Amazon&#39;s Ring used to spy on customers</a></li></ul>

<p>You are better off with a <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org" rel="nofollow">RaspberryPi</a> and a <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/camera-module-3/" rel="nofollow">Camera Module</a> along with a suitable programming language such as <a href="https://www.python.org" rel="nofollow">Python</a> and hacking your own.</p>

<p>We can perhaps discuss at a future <a href="https://personaljournal.ca/paigntonlibrarystemgroup/" rel="nofollow">STEM Group</a>.</p>

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