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Surveillance as a Service: Your Home, Their Eyes

The home security market pivots to pervasive monitoring, monetising private lives under a guise of safety.

Surveillance as a Service: Your Home, Their Eyes
FO Take · Score 15

Ring’s “Video Wall Live” offers a dystopian glimpse into the future of home. What starts as a convenience for the vigilant quickly becomes normalisation of constant digital oversight. This isn't about security; it’s about corporations extending their panopticon into our living rooms, leveraging our anxieties for perpetual data harvesting. We are trading privacy for an illusion of control. Will we ever truly disconnect from the watchful gaze?

The strongest counter

Enhanced home security offers peace of mind, deterring crime and protecting property. Convenience allows easier monitoring for busy households, adding a layer of safety.

Audit trail
  • ·Privacy erosion
  • ·Big Tech overreach
  • ·Normalised surveillance
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