Smart doorbells anyone?

Genius!

Donna, you're the best catcher out of all of us! You've delighted me many times with your way out-of-the-box thinking!

Back door... of course! DUH!

💓 Barb

Smart doorbells smartphones smart houses smart cars and stupid people can't wait till we go back to rotary phones and standard stick shift

I am already displeased with the interruptions and privacy invasion of our Amazon Echo. It has been caught several times now listening to our private conversations even though we did not use the trigger word, and also several times interrupted a conversation to try to sell us an item related to what we were discussing , as well as targeted ads on our phones and tablets. It is one step away from being used as a skeet clay and tossed in the trash!

No way on Earth I would bring video monitoring into my life too! Not to mention the hackers.

This "internet of things" is fast becoming a dystopian nightmare. George Orwell underestimated!

totally agree there remember took me a long time to go with a pushbutton home phone. Always loved my rotary phone then.

Brilliant! $50 per autograph. That's how I can monetize this!

Thanks, Dianne!

xo Barb

Or could always go low then to the right or left away from the camera site. lol

Ah, yes.  Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 of Control with his rotary (cell) shoe phone.  But it's kinda hard to send a text with a rotary phone. 😛

No smart doorbells here, but I have a camera system around our home 6 of them watch the front, all of my neighbors that are in viewing range know about them, and have shared some of the footage for them when they requested. They have thank us for having it. The local police have been by about 3 times in the past 10 years to collect some recordings. It did solve a robbery from 3 houses down the street, Dog napping, Some people checking cars that are not locked, and Doorbell runners. It might sound like a rough street, but its not.

-Tina-

Hi Dianne,

Absolutely agree it's fast becoming an electronic data collection device. Life is a lot better with out all this stuff.

Amanda xx

Haha anyone notice while in this thread and posts shoing advertising for cam systems or the worlds best device the smart doorbells haha

Hi Amanda

We have a smart doorbell and as I have discovered there is another downside, for girls like me in the closet I cannot go out or past the front door without my wife noticing. It notifies her of any movement out the front of our house.

Love Sarah

xx

I would say have a device by which one can knock on the door.
If someone answers the summons, they are home... if not, then they are not at home.

Hi Dianne,

As you say, George Orwell seems to have underestimated.

The smart T.V.s are very likely smarter than any of us think.

Aurora

Hi Alison,

Exactly! Can you imagine going back to a world free from the interruption of text messages?

Hi Barb,

I have wondered about that lately as well. I have been going boldly around town dressed the way I like to dress experiencing only positive results. I have thought lately though how easy it is these days for people to take photos or make videos.

Mind you, if that is the case and I find out I may be able to get a $10,000 compensation award from the court.

Aurora