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Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S. Surveillance State
(greenwald.substack.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2026
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That's why I only buy Chinese.
Even if they surveill they have no reason to hurt me
And you're absolutely certain they don't sell the data back to US brokers or even authorities directly?
You could, idk, maybe not buy prepackaged surveillance camera that rely on someone else's computer to work.
Well ya, obviously. And I do that. But for most people that's not an option. They just gonna get what they have available from Amazon and works via wifi
If I have to choose between buying into a US run surveillance state or buying into a Chinese run surveillance state, I choose to buy neither.
That's a very short-sighted and unimaginative position.
Lmao. Idgaf. I get 0 money from ring income. Maybe they should stop fing me first.
dude, buying people is illegal!
;-)
Renting is legal