Leonora?....are you still there?

Too much of our privacy being taken away. Seems like a good thing at the time.

lt scares the begibers out of me, there is no privacy any more

Whilst I agree there is an impersonal element to these technologies there is a personability too them also, in the sense that some of these technologies allow a inclusivity to some persons that would otherwise be left behind

Its up to persons

not for me?

no way

I'm 84& it's above my head

Interesting to say the least

DEFINITELY MS MONEYPENNY.

Absolutely silly most are controleld by their Mobile Phones and that is the big weak point any one with a Mobile Phone can gain access to these devices and do as they please but they are marketed as Secure so the people who buy them think that are making themselves more secure when actually they are leaving the dook keys on the street with a big sign above their homes that reads Break In Here.

Probably

I always enjoyed my hero Maxwell Smart agent 86. Now I have some of the "gadgets " -

It can be good for your security but it can also be highly invasive. Care needs to be taken with your liberty. On a lighter side one time when we were in a holiday home my friends wife was on dinner duty when the power failed and the stove went off, she said bugger and just put it in the microwave....AND??? Lol.... I laughed so much she biffed a sausage at me. Too much reliance on modern technology can be hazardous...lol

like it lots

It’s safer

Now days there's no such thing as too much security. The law certainly doesn't protect us. From being a pacifist, I now think sidearms might be the way. At least we would have a fighting chance.

It is good to have a camera at the front to see who is at the front door or whom is coming up the driveway as it isfor our security.

I think it is called laziness!!

Unfortunately it's the future for our children and grandchildren to have robots do everything for us - that's if we survive. Whatever man imagines it will come to pass eventually once technology catches up. Now it is going full speed ahead with all this IT stuff. The advances in the past 50 years has been incredible but has left many behind also. I get frustrated by all this stuff and if you say as I do, that I don't have a mobile phone I get looked at as if I am mad or something. Technology is fine for certain things but if it goes down you are stuck as everything operates through them. I remember when phones went out in a certain area and a tech company here in OZ said to use the landline as people could not ring for ambulances, police, fire, etc. Great idea but it had been cut off months earlier so not possible. As soon as the NBN goes through these land lines are made defunct so one has to rely on the IT stuff and it does not work all the time. I use very little as I cannot even get around my n

Wouldn't it be quicker to get up & turn a light on instead of going through your phone to do it. Sorry but how lazy do we have to be?

Have only what you thing you need for security and comfort, too many and you end up a maintenance slave...

What happens when the internet and power are not working? We will always need to have the option to manually use things

pepole how get these thing are paranod scared of there own shadow we live in australia i don,t carry guns we talk to our neibours anb i love the knollage that where i live i can walk around my suberb some parts are not safe the city for one

We have no need for all this modern tech as our dog lets us know if anyone is there. He is our doorbell, security and companionship, as well as our group fitness instructor. He hasn't learnt to turn on the lights yet, but given time, I am sure he will. All this new tech just makes it too easy and makes people lazy and not able to think for themselves.

Life imitates art for real. Not much left for us to imagine, hope our brains don't start shrinking as most things become just a push of a bottom energy to perform.

The way of the future but not for me,i'm happy with just a knock on the door or a ring on my cat bell lol,it's made of cast iron and my visitors love ringing it.Also have an alarm system installed because my brother used to install them and it works like a charm still.Peace of mind when you are out and about.

Its all great until the internet is not working then what

We turn the modem off when we go out or to bed, waste of electricity. We have 2 old fashioned burglar alarms. The 1 that came with the house has a siren & motion detecting cameras, the other has teeth & is properly trained to attack strangers. So burglars either alert the neighbourhood or get eaten.

whatever works to keep the home invaders out

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Technology has always been useful for me. So long as it adds to our quality of life it can be beneficial. What my neighbours have does not really concern me at all - that is their life and their own decisions are rightfully theirs. I am not at all concerned about what others think of me either - I have a right ot be eccentric if I choose to be. I dont expect others to be like me or to tell me how to live my life.

It's a modern form of "bond"age

I think tec is good

Ring door bells good,if you’re a little deaf!

It's true. A lot of people dive right into technology. Whether they're used properly or intrusively by a third party I think is a matter of regulating the technology and making sure the appropriate laws are in place, to protect people - to make usage of the technology quite safe from intrusion!

Rich peoples toys.

It's nice to be a dinosaur.

I would love to go back to a time when all of this was nonexistent

Technology does make life (more) easier - you never have to leave your apartment (or house) to obtain anything - except when cabin fever kicks in! It does not make life (more) enjoyable (when keeping up with the Jones' syndrome - kicks in - and technology just keeps getting (more) expensive). The only thing I like about technology - it is very impersonal (on the surface). Furthermore, it is not going to fade into obscurity (like VHS). In my humble opinion it is 1984 - and Big Brother (the government) has (or will soon have) the technology to monitor all of us (at one time) - looking for individuals (like me) who deviate from society establish norms?! Edited 16-Mar-21 04:49am

I have a tablet, laptop and smartphone that I uses everyday for personal and business purposes.

Wow! Now that is a can of worms! As we sit here in front of our computers...... probably with a camera & microphone attached. We've been doing it for years, 20 or more plus a bit in my case. Yes, we are, and have been, watched, listened to, spied on if you want to put it that way. But I'm glad that people are becoming more aware of this and also becoming more aware of their freedom to make their own personal choices. For me it remains "Can I live with the potential breaches of my privacy? Or live without the convenience Technology offers?". I am still undecided, but I've never been a great decision maker! Maybe Google can help with that?

Spacex sent up another thirty satellites this week. 90 in the last three weeks. Technology is not going away. We can pay unnecessary money for these gadgets but they are just fads. A new one will come by and replace existing crazes. What worries me more is the illegal use of Technology for surveillance purposes. Businesses are gathering all our information. To what end? Obviously there is a criminal element at work here. It was said once that spying will advance until spies will see, hear, and learn everything that you know. Nothing, I mean NOTHING will be private anymore. So enjoy your little devices- but try and protect your privacy as long as you possible can, because the day will come when the criminals will win, because our governments are not strong enough or savvy enough to protect us from the onslaught.

Right now, I'm literally listening to a youtube vid on how google "uses" computers, door cameras, smartphones, siri, Grammerly etc to mine information about you, or more accurately, human-kind (no joke), It is very creepy. Excerpt: Google knew a young girl was pregnant before she did, by tracking her changing her choice of shampoo, (from scented to unscented, because of pregnancy changes to olfactory sense). Google started targeting her computer with baby-stuff ads - and her father worked out she was expecting. Super creepy! Edited 16-Mar-21 02:47am

I would have one, but I'm renting and they won't; allow me to install it. I'm quite happy with my Alexa show. I can see all of my communication-asked for and accidentally recorded ie; Someone on TV says Alexa, mine pipes up and answers. That can be quite amusing, I can also delete all communication I choose manually. Besides, I have nothing to hide, so if my Smart TV wants to report back to HQ, S'ok by me ;)

It’s not good..! All new smart technology listens to human conversations. If you talking with a friend and your computer is on or your smartphone in front of you and you mention a topic eg: Holidays, then the next ad that comes up will be related to that...it’s super creepy..! We are being spied on Edited 16-Mar-21 02:41am

I got a Google Home for my birthday last year. I don't have a security system or smart devices, but I use it a lot: to listen to podcasts, play my Spotify playlists, set reminders for me, tell me the news & weather, or ask it questions. It calls me "Your Highness." My sister asks hers to tell her jokes.

I am concerned. My son-in-law tells me that my mini google is always “listening”? He is right. I don’t have anything worth listening to but I am given to understand that there are “key” words that can alert the powers that be? So how far do we go? Or how far do we let it go?

Normally those door cameras just show you the person's face...the happy householder in the picture above seems to be examining her visitor's brain...is that a new feature?...what is she looking for? Edited 16-Mar-21 01:19am

Not interested in all that technology. All it is doing is promoting laziness.

I'd love to have one of those "spot the dogs"...the robot dog by Boston Dynamics...that would be so much fun.....all the rest of this rubbish leaves me cold..it all leaves you wide open to hackers too....if you had people breaking into your house "Spot" would sort it out for you!

I don't see the need for these things and there's a risk involved using so many of these appliances.

It can be a good thing if it all used correctly and it works but of it wasn't used correctly or if person didn't have internet than they couldn't use these things and same as if they broke aswell.