Yeah. My take 🌶 is DON'T. Don't install modern digital cameras and voice driven "assistance" … even "smart" TVs and other appliances in your home.
Just.DON'T.
If you must, then build a decent isolated segment for those devices, firewall them off from your general purposes computing, and from the Internet. If you don't have the requisite infosec skills for that … hire a reputable consultant.
Or, you know, just give up and live in a glass bubble.
Yeah, this "give up" part is all too tempting. I was at a friend's house and after hours of talking about also topics like Bitcoin and surveillance, he showed me how he can turn on the light with just his voice. 🤦♂️
hahaha. discouraging indeed...
doesn't look good to me, I very much prefer to use my hands
I totally want all this home automation. My assistant should dimm the light when appropriate even without me saying so but of course without any of the data going off premise.
there are some open source alternatives to some of this. at least for things to act as a "home hub." so you could hook up your wifi lightbulbs or something to it and handle the automation there instead.
this is one that i've wanted to try out: https://www.openhab.org/
