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Amazon shuts down customer’s smart home devices after delivery driver’s false racism claim (nypost.com)
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Amazon shut off a man’s smart home devices for a week after a delivery driver falsely accused the customer of hurling a racist slur via a doorbell intercom, the tech giant confirmed Thursday.

Seems like a good reason to get a doorbell that you can control yourself.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yet another reason to dislike IOT and devices/services that are reliant on phoning home to big brother.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Running HomeAssistant I'm probably a bit biased on the IoT front, but definitely agree that that traffic should not be leaving the premises unless it's over a VPN to your own devices. I'll give Nabu Casa a pass here as it's essentially the same thing.