As far as easy, commercially available stuff I like UniFi. You can set custom recording schedules, or never record. Or only record motion. You can also set privacy zones which are blacked out and not visible or recorded.

You do need one of their consoles or NVRs to manage them though, and they aren’t super cheap.

It’s one of the most secure ways to pay at retail. Payment card data is only shared with one party, payment methods are tokenized so retailers cannot swipe your payment information and use it again. I’ve had a couple of cards stolen by retailers like a coffee shop, that I had to close. It was a hassle. Also for online payments I much prefer GPay or PayPal, everything is clear, unauthorized payments are obvious and easy to fix.

Is there any what? What are you trying to do?

So despite what Cory Doctorow said at DEF CON, it seems the government isn’t actually saving us?

I saw a story a while back about Smart TVs automatically connecting to open WiFi networks to phone home even without the user configuring anything.

If you insist on using Instagram just log in with a burner account. What difference does it make?

Just log in with a different account… It’s not like they cost money.

Does this affect Linux users?

They’re a company, and a company is a collection of people driven by financial motives. You shouldn’t trust any company implicitly.

No because that would hinder their ability to dump information about everything they’re doing and who they’re with for attention.

Yes, I have achieved this by not installing any meta apps.