My jaw dropped when I seen a service now being offered to customers who subscribe to Comcast. This new technology is being extended as a special promotion to Comcast costumers in the Houston area. The new service now being promoted is Xfinity. It shows a state of the art home monitoring with cameras around the house and sensors keeping track of energy usage. All this from the touch of someone’s Iphone or lap top computer. Xfinity alerts the parents when kids come home and can see if they are behaving. This may sound good because technology makes all this possible, with remote access a person can dim lights and turn off appliances not in use. All this through a cable TV company that is well known household name nationwide. Technology can be a two edged sword that can have good use and can be a nightmare too.
I have some real reservations about this Xfinity service by Comcast. Why, it is because if I can access my home to see what is going on in my house while I am away. So can other people. With all the abuse going on in government wiretapping phones without warrants and the patriot act with the sneak and peek. The government will love Xfinity because they can access at random people's homes to see what is going on. There is many privacy issues concerning civil liberties about Xfinity. Who else will have access without me knowing? I do not want some pervert watching my woman undress with this type of technology. If they can turn on Laptops computers of Students by the school at will from a remote location. They can turn on Xfinity without our knowledge too to spy on us at will too without us knowing.
Former Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtz wanted cameras in all homes. Is Xfinity a way by default for the local police to gain access to people's homes? Can you imagine someone is counting cash at the kitchen table after they sold a car? The Police see this just checking random homes. Because people are counting money they are now suspect dealing in drugs. Next thing happens there is a SWAT raid in the dark of night. Xfinity is a Trojan horse to a full surveillance society grid where cameras are not only on the streets. Now there is a way cameras will be in all homes in the name of home security and energy efficiency is the goal. The perfect Trojan horse.
For people who want to have a secure home just need to use common sense securing a home. What Comcast offers is a Trojan horse the Police State can use to abuse and invade people's privacy. These telecom companies like Comcast never stand up for the rights and privacy of the customers. They just roll over and do what the government says without a court order. I rather have a 20th century security system where I lock my doors and my neighbors who I trust keep watch while I am away. Why pay stranger to be our prying eyes when I never ask for it?
I have some real reservations about this Xfinity service by Comcast. Why, it is because if I can access my home to see what is going on in my house while I am away. So can other people. With all the abuse going on in government wiretapping phones without warrants and the patriot act with the sneak and peek. The government will love Xfinity because they can access at random people's homes to see what is going on. There is many privacy issues concerning civil liberties about Xfinity. Who else will have access without me knowing? I do not want some pervert watching my woman undress with this type of technology. If they can turn on Laptops computers of Students by the school at will from a remote location. They can turn on Xfinity without our knowledge too to spy on us at will too without us knowing.
Former Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtz wanted cameras in all homes. Is Xfinity a way by default for the local police to gain access to people's homes? Can you imagine someone is counting cash at the kitchen table after they sold a car? The Police see this just checking random homes. Because people are counting money they are now suspect dealing in drugs. Next thing happens there is a SWAT raid in the dark of night. Xfinity is a Trojan horse to a full surveillance society grid where cameras are not only on the streets. Now there is a way cameras will be in all homes in the name of home security and energy efficiency is the goal. The perfect Trojan horse.
For people who want to have a secure home just need to use common sense securing a home. What Comcast offers is a Trojan horse the Police State can use to abuse and invade people's privacy. These telecom companies like Comcast never stand up for the rights and privacy of the customers. They just roll over and do what the government says without a court order. I rather have a 20th century security system where I lock my doors and my neighbors who I trust keep watch while I am away. Why pay stranger to be our prying eyes when I never ask for it?
I would be highly surprised if connection wouldn't go through SSL and wouldn't be protected by password.
ReplyDeletei would be surprised if anyone agreed to a camera in their bedroom or even inside. If I get this, all it would show is the front entrance and the backyard and maybe the garage.
ReplyDeletekeeping track of energy usage, how long before a small spike in energy usage constitutes full scale confiscation of any and all property because energy usage equals criminal behavior. Law enforcement wouldn't need an image of you sitting at your table counting money, or any image for that matter, to come after you.
ReplyDeleteI have the same suspicions about Carbonite and other online backup services. Who's to say they aren't giving the information to the government when it's requested?
ReplyDeleteDon't forget eating your dinner at 10:30pm may be considered criminal activity.
ReplyDeleteAnd the Snack Nazis will have a field day with this one:
You ate too many bags of chips, or maybe having a Coca Cola with your meal constitutes bad nutrition.
Ohhhh...the possiblities are endless...
Anyone with a few dollars and minimal knowledge can buy individual components on e-Bay to do almost all the same things. My motion detectors will call my cell phone, and then I can see my cameras via the internet right on the phone. Also, no monthly charge. (I don't ever have an urgent need to adjust the house temp or turn lights on and off remotely. I can do those things when I get home...sheeesh.)
ReplyDeleteThe cameras are strategically located just to confirm a breach of the premises, and only I can turn them on and off.
No one knows I have it, so it is very secure in that sense. If someone is breaking-in, I can then call the police no matter where I am. Perhaps, at that time, offer web-site access password to them, if they might find it helpful.)
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SSL only works if your Government can't coerce the keys from the ISP ( which they can under the (UN)patriot-act so no matter what protocol is used the security is nothing when dealing with a Government of maniacs (ala USA)
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ReplyDeleteWho believes that the feds won't sneak peeks into the homes of people with backdoor software in these systems?
ReplyDeleteOnly fools would allow this crap into their homes
By the way, the article would have more respectability if the first sentence didn't start with "My jaw dropped when I seen".
I don't get it. So because the Federal government MAY use a technology to spy on us, it means they WILL spy on us, and is therefore evil?
ReplyDeleteI'm not blind to the possible abuses of this system. But Are you really saying that if I actually *want* this technology in my home, it makes me a "sheeple"? That I'm inviting Big Brother into my home?
What if I want to keep an eye on an elderly parent? Or make sure the movers aren't pocketing whatever small items they can find? I can think of a dozen reasons to have this technology in my home.
I wouldn't, but I can see why I would want that option. And isn't having the option what freedom means?
It's nice that these services are now available online. You just have to be sure that you only deal with legit and reliable contacts.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea I just dont like other poeple controlling it,what I did was buy a Wifi Ip camera from spycameras.com andit works on your existing router and you have the control not Comcast. The thing is awesome I could be a thousand miles away and turn on my iPhone and i can watch my house. Check it out its a great investment http://bit.ly/pvq3oc
ReplyDeleteA home is more than the just a roof over your head. It is a sanctuary, a haven where you return home after a long day at work, to the stability, safety and security it offers. Burglaries happen more often than you may realize.
ReplyDeleteBurglars don't ever like home security systems so when they come across a home that has a home security system installed, they prefer to go elsewhere, hence, your possessions are kept safe.
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ReplyDeleteI guess you have to decide if the security system is more important than the possibilities that it could be used for that purpose. Personally I wouldn't take my chances and would have the alarms installed.
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