Reply to: wifi connected picture frame

[sal]

The hackers are in for a disappointment.

No need to hack, you are going to upload the pics voluntarily, cba looking at their T&C, but expect to be asked to pay for a sub in the not so distant future if not required already. As this is the new modus operandi

Got a Motorola baby monitor as a present a while back. Unlike the older models this one was "Cloud", meaning that all the video goes through a 3rd party servers before arriving back at your home on the display. Quick browse of the T&C revealed that the 3rd party operators have access to all the footage, but promise not to abuse it.... Needless to say it went back in the box and is still sitting there today.

[scooterscot]

And your privacy

The hackers are in for a disappointment.

[original PM]

Here it is https://www.nixplay.com/edge-frames/

This is what I'm looking for. Can send snaps there and then from my phone and the unit energies when movement is detected. No interaction as the user end.

Take my money!

Indeed at £150 a pop they will be taking your money!

[sal]

WiFi Cloud frame

Take my money!

And your privacy

[scooterscot]

Here it is https://www.nixplay.com/edge-frames/

This is what I'm looking for. Can send snaps there and then from my phone and the unit energies when movement is detected. No interaction as the user end.

Take my money!

[scooterscot]

If you can connect to the imac, then just get the oldies to plug in the sd card and update the pics ?

Too complicated. Spent too many minutes getting them to switch the machine on. Then the bluetooth keyboard batteries went flat. "What's that? Bluetooth? How can you see my teeth from Germany?!"

[FiveTimes]

Have been doing that for the past couple of years. But the children are entering that ever changing phase it would be nice to make updates.

Facebook just too complicated. Already put a iMac in the lounge and had been using remote desktop to connect but it is so failure prone.

There's money to be made here for such a simple solution.

If you can connect to the imac, then just get the oldies to plug in the sd card and update the pics ?

[scooterscot]

Why not use the old fashioned method? Get the photos printed and send them in the post. Or you could try talking them through setting up a wifi connected gadget, but if they're anything like my folks you'll have a huge phone bill and a gadget which still doesn't work.

Have been doing that for the past couple of years. But the children are entering that ever changing phase it would be nice to make updates.

Facebook just too complicated. Already put a iMac in the lounge and had been using remote desktop to connect but it is so failure prone.

There's money to be made here for such a simple solution.

[original PM]

I'm not sure whether the "ease of use" requirement is for his benefit or the folks.

Why not use the old fashioned method? Get the photos printed and send them in the post. Or you could try talking them through setting up a wifi connected gadget, but if they're anything like my folks you'll have a huge phone bill and a gadget which still doesn't work.

+1

[Mordac]

Would it not be easier to post all the potential pictures to Facebook or similar and then let them download and print the ones they want in a traditional manner.

I understand what you are trying to do but I am wondering whether you have actually identified a user need.

I'm not sure whether the "ease of use" requirement is for his benefit or the folks.

Why not use the old fashioned method? Get the photos printed and send them in the post. Or you could try talking them through setting up a wifi connected gadget, but if they're anything like my folks you'll have a huge phone bill and a gadget which still doesn't work.

[Mordac]

Sounds pretty risky - Couldn't some hacker hijack it and upload donkey porn?

edit: DOH! Someone beat me to it!

Mind you, a large framed flat screen that shows, say, a slowly moving panorama could be a talking point.

Isn't it strange how many of us were thinking the same thing...

[SueEllen]

Because the picture frame and I are in different countries.

Heard of online retailers? Heard of the postal service?

You buy and ensure they get delivered a specific digital photo frame with a memory card slot.

You then upload said photos to a memory card. You then post them this memory card.

They the plug the memory card into the digital photo frame.

If they are a bit luddite you check first they know a teenager e.g. neighbour who with a small payment will do the plug in the memory card bit.

Alternatively do what everyone else does - use Facebook.

[BR14]

i've got one in my attic which preserves my youthful good looks

[darmstadt]

One problem with many of these IOT gadgets is that they don't allow you to set it up with WPA which leaves it open to naughty people...

[original PM]

Would it not be easier to post all the potential pictures to Facebook or similar and then let them download and print the ones they want in a traditional manner.

I understand what you are trying to do but I am wondering whether you have actually identified a user need.