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Smart home devices make life convenient, but they also create potential surveillance points in your home. Cameras, microphones, and sensors can collect intimate details about your daily life and routines.
Different smart home devices collect different types of data. Understanding what each device captures helps you make informed decisions.
Amazon Echo • Google Home • Apple HomePod
Ring • Nest • Wyze • Eufy
Nest • Ecobee • Honeywell
August • Yale • Schlage
These products have known security issues, data handling concerns, or route data through untrusted countries.
Most unbranded Amazon devices, Tuya white-label products
Wyze Cam v1, v2, v3
Eufy cameras and doorbells
Chinese smart speakers, Unknown brand assistants
These products come from established companies with better privacy practices. Still, always review and configure privacy settings.
Best privacy, processes voice locally when possible
Disable voice recording storage, review privacy dashboard
Enable guest mode, review activity controls
Enable end-to-end encryption, US-based cloud
Good privacy controls, local storage options
End-to-end encrypted with HomeKit Secure Video
Good privacy policy, HomeKit compatible
Established company, clear data practices
Review data sharing settings carefully
Professional-grade security
Established lock manufacturer
Works offline, optional cloud features
If you use smart home devices, configure these privacy settings to minimize data collection.
Take our security audit to get personalized recommendations for securing your smart home devices and protecting your privacy.