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Ring Floodlight Cam Is 20 Percent Off Before Black Friday. The Two Spots Worth Watching.

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The Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Plus is sitting at about $145 right now — 20% off its $180 list price — in early November. That’s exactly the pre-Black-Friday window Ring has used the last two cycles before dropping it toward $130 on the day itself. It replaces a dumb floodlight with a 1080p camera, 2000-lumen … Read more

Privacy Settings That Actually Matter: Echo, Google, Cams, Router

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Smart Home Privacy Settings That Actually Matter: Echo, Google, Cams, Router

Quick self-audit: name every gadget in your house with a microphone. If your list stopped at “the Echo in the kitchen,” you are almost certainly wrong — a typical smart home is running five to ten always-listening mics: speaker, TV remote, doorbell, thermostat, phone assistants, maybe a plug-in hub. Each one ships with the mic … Read more