I have noticed a disturbing trend while looking to replace a few surveillance cameras at the house.

Most of the DIY cameras have always been able to view the video remotely, record, record on motion detection, email notification, upload video/pics to your FTP server, etc.

Now the majority of the cameras will still do this, but only after the video is uploaded to the "cloud." That is, to get to any additional features, other than simply viewing, the video must be sent, via the internet, to a web storage facility (the cloud) that you do not control. This might not seem like a big deal, but i bet in the TOS or user agreement there is something that allows others (you know who i mean - think alphabet) access to your video. Still might not seem that bad until you realize what they can scan off your video including facial recognition.

Instead of gov putting cameras on every street corner (and the public debate/uproar) they can now just scan users own video (all connected with the IP address that it was uploaded from...so they have the location). Any doubts what that little new building that was built in Utah for?


MyD-Link Cloud:
[link to www.dlink.com]

NetGear VueZone:
[link to www.vuezone.com]

TrendNet Cloud:
[link to www.trendnet.com]

DropCam:
[link to www.dropcam.com (secure)]

E-Line:
[link to www.elinetechnology.com]

Ganz:
[link to www.ganzcloud.com]


Lets not forget:

MS Kinect Facial Recognition:
[link to www.bizjournals.com]

Microsoft's future software may watch you, track your emotions:
[link to www.bizjournals.com]

Patent for detecting emotional state (from video-cameras or MS Kinect) of people:
[link to appft1.uspto.gov]

So they can determine your "emotional state" for advertising, what else do you think that will be used for?