22july2013

Andrew_OSU said:

Cameras that record to iCloud:

• Eve indoor Camera
• Logitech Circle View
• Aqara G2H
• Aqara G3
• EufyCam 2
• EufyCam 2C
• Logitech Circle 2
• Netatmo Smart Indoor Camera
• Onvis Smart Camera

You are interpreting the original poster's phrase "record directly to iCloud" as "using HomeKit Secure Video." Those terms are not equivalent. A camera could do the former without doing the latter. but I can see why you might confuse the two as being the same thing. If I played any role in your confusion, I apologize.

And even then, some of these cameras which use HSV aren't secure. For example, "Only select outdoor eufyCam models support HomeKit Secure Video, specifically those than run through the HomeBase2 base station." So in other words, they are NOT directly using HSV. They are running their videos first through a base station which won't even function unless it has internet connectivity. And Eufy encourages users to use their cloud service, which gives Eufy access to the video from your cameras.

Perhaps it would help you if you watched an educational video about webcam insecurity like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92I5JwlluK4

ophello said:

darkvader said:

Just what we need, another looping video social media platform controlled by the Chinese government.

Um...how exactly is Vine, a US company, going to be owned and operated by China?
Why do you actually believe in demonstrably false things?

Maybe he meant to say the Saudi Arabian government, because one of Musk's co-investors in Twitter is from there. Saudi Arabia scores 30% lower than China on the democracy index (2.0 vs 3.0). I'm not impressed with Musk teaming up with this guy.

abcnews said: Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said Friday that he and his Kingdom Holding Company rolled over a combined $1.89 billion in existing Twitter shares, making them the company's largest shareholder after Musk. 

Has their current contract expired? If not, a strike would be illegal; but if so, Apple can stop paying them at any time. I.e., Apple can create a lockout.

AppleInsider said:

Greg Joswiak, known as "Joz," ... said Apple [will]... comply... with the European Union's decision to require a standardized charger for consumer devices.

That statement doesn't say whether Apple will continue to sell iPhones (new or old models) with Lightning connectors as an "offering" in non-EU markets. Apple usually sells older iPhone models at cheaper prices, and there's no way those old models will get updated to USB-C. So the EU will lose access to "older model iPhones". But North America sure won't lose access to Lightning on older models. This means everyone in the EU will have to spend more money, on average, for an iPhone. 

"Fecebook."