Anyone on the Internet Can Ring Your Doorbell

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• EtienneDeLyon 59 minutes ago
  I wonder how I would feel about that, if I was alone at home, and lonely.

  Would it cheer me that people were reaching out and ringing my doorbell?

  Or would it make me sad because I would be reminded that there was not a friend ringing at the door?
• stackghost 49 minutes ago
  I'd be shocked if the Ring doorbells were materially more secure.

  I sit firmly in the "only smart device is my printer and I keep a loaded gun next to it in case it makes a weird noise" camp.

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  • tehlike 22 minutes ago
    I have a poe reolink camera doorbell that I am yet to install...
  • aidenn0 31 minutes ago
    I would love if my printer was more dumb. It's cheaper to buy an AIO than a separate document (with duplex) and flatbed scanner.
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    • stackghost 21 minutes ago
      Nowadays smartphones do credible document scanning for most consumer use cases. iPhones had this built in before COVID at the latest.

      But the printer comment was actually a reference to a meme about how different groups of people relate to technology.

      Nobody on the Internet can ring my doorbell because it's a dumb button that connects to a dumb, literal bell.

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      • pests 0 minutes ago
        I mean yes and no. If I knew your address, I could 100% ring your doorbell from the Internet.

        CTRL+T, doordash.com, McDonalds, "ring doorbell please", pay, done.

        I know this isn't what you mean, but, humans are buttons.