Google no longer lets you turn off status lights on Nest cameras

Google is rolling out updates to its Nest Cam, Dropcam and Nest Hello cameras that removes the option to disable status indicator lights. Citing privacy, Google says that users should "always see a clear visual indicator when your Nest cameras are on and sending video and audio". The company might be introducing the change in the name of privacy, but owners of the devices are far from happy about it. See also: Privacy: Google stops transcribing Assistant recordings and Apple stops listening to Siri recordings Google to let Android users in Europe choose their default search engine -- and will… [Continue Reading]