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  1. #Video #Doorbell Advice and Settings for Opting Out of the #Surveillance State

    Video #doorbells are handy, but they’re a threat to #privacy. I spoke to experts about why you might ditch your doorbell, and how to safeguard your video.
    #optout

    wired.com/story/how-to-secure-

  2. There has been a huge backlash after Amazon Ring advertised its dystopian surveillance feature "Search party" (dressed up as a way to find lost dogs).

    Now a $10,000 award has been offered for anyone who can find a way to run Ring doorbell cameras locally, cutting off the flow of video data to Amazon's servers.

    Read more in my article on the Bitdefender blog: bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hot

    #cybersecurity #surveillance #ring #doorbell #privacy

  3. No One, Including Our Furry Friends, Will Be Safer in Ring's #Surveillance Nightmare

    In the ad, the company previewed future surveillance of our streets: a world where #biometric #identification could be unleashed from consumer devices to #identify , #track, & locate anything — human, pet, & otherwise.

    The ad for Ring’s “ #SearchParty ” feature highlighted the #doorbell camera’s ability to scan footage across #Ring devices in a neighborhood, using #AI analysis
    #privacy

    eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/no-o

  4. I hate all these #surveillance #cameras in the streets. And the ones used for ringing the #door.

    “Smash your #Ring doorbells,” progressive activist Guy Christensen urged his 3.5 million followers on TikTok (sic). “You need to smash your Ring doorbells. Amazon owns Ring, and they’ve decided to begin sharing surveillance collected from your front step with ICE and Flock Safety, weaponing surveillance against the American people.”

    futurism.com/future-society/am

    #ICE #doorbell

  5. a few days ago a #dutch judge ruled #doorbell #cameras illegal if pointed at #public space. since then someone is paying a lot of #bots & #trolls in nl media to turn this into a "#privacy is going 2 far and impedes our #security". morons. it's not about the cameras themselves, but only about them pointed at public spaces. no one talks about how these doorbells are not owned by they houseowners but by #oligarchs and hostile #governments, who have city-wide networks now for tracking dissidents.

  6. @twrling Any recommendations from the Mastodon community for moving away from #Ring to a different smart doorbell product? Motion detection and ability to answer from anywhere are what we appreciate about Ring, but there must be a self hosted or privacy respecting 3rd party option somewhere?

    #cybersecurity #homelab #doorbell #surveillance

  7. Add another one to your design checklist: Is it slug proof?

    No, not needed. The prankster is so slow, even German police will catch them.

    "Doorbell prankster that tormented residents of German apartments turns out to be a slug"

    theguardian.com/world/2025/sep

    #design #slug #doorbell

  8. #Amazon #Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism & Mass #Surveillance

    …surveillance #doorbell company, & with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices. Not only is Ring reintroducing new versions of old features which would allow police to req footage directly from Ring users, it is also introducing a new feature that would allow police to req live-stream access to people’s home #security devices
    #privacy

    eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/amaz

  9. Anyone have a wired #smart #doorbell that they like?

    A friend gave me his old Arlo kit and I installed the doorbell which is working, but it's practically useless without the subscription. Notifications and a live view is all it does.

    I would like local recording and I'd rather not have to buy additional gear to use it (so no Unifi no matter how awesome you think it is). HomeKit secure video is a plus, but not necessarily required. Oh and it needs to work with my existing mechanical chime.

  10. Piano Doorbell Adds Music To Your Home - Regular ding-dong doorbells are fun and all, but it can be nice to put something a... - hackaday.com/2025/06/08/piano- #musicalhacks #homehacks #doorbell #esp32 #piano

  11. Recensione Ajax DoorBell 🔔 & IndoorCam 👁️: sicurezza smart e integrata sotto esame. Pro, contro e tutto quello che c'è da sapere per proteggere casa e ufficio con Ajax. #AjaxSystems #SmartHome #Sicurezza #DoorBell #IndoorCam #Videosorveglianza 🏡🏢

    melamorsicata.it/2025/06/02/re

  12. Also got a doorbell. Made a little housing for it with a piece from the zinc scrap pile.

    The wireless doorbell is pretty clever: Instead of using a battery and finding out it's empty because you missed a delivery, it has no battery at all. Instead, it generates enough power to squirt a radio message to the receiver from the force of the finger pushing the button to ring the bell. Clever.

    #DIY #Steel #Zinc #Tin #Bending #Metalworking #Homestead #Doorbell #Electronics