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by boringg 2433 days ago
New parent here - there's a learning curve and once you are over it (ie have balanced your anxieties with the realities that your child is probably ok seeping at night) you will have traded off your privacy for a device that to your own language you wouldn't trust 100%. It feels like this is just a push for positive stories on privacy infringement to make it easier to buy the products. I.e. "We got these spy devices in our house, but for the first 3-6 months of our new child being in the house, it monitored them for breathing"
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The 'trust' in the post wasn't about privacy but about the breathing monitoring I'm pretty sure. I.e. they would have still worried about their kid some even with the device.
...your child is probably ok seeping at night

"probably ok" is exactly the level of confidence that left me with anxiety around this issue. It's not exactly a convincing statement to make for people worried about whether their child is still breathing or not. Regardless of the rationality of the concern.