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[-] MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world 44 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I passed on a lot of the fancier apartment buildings for requiring an app and a cell phone to gain access to your own home. I shouldn't have to agree to an arbitration/class action waiver to use my own front door, I don't feel comfortable with management getting a notification on their phone every time I come or go, I don't like the fact that 20+ listed partner companies have access to sensitive personal data, and I shouldn't have to wait for maintenance to show up in the middle of the night because I couldn't make it back home before my personal tracking device died on me.

The sad thing is that most of these locking units cost these apartments hundreds of dollars each on top of a monthly subscription.

[-] UnfairUtan@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

What the actual fuck. In what country do you live?

[-] MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

U.S.. Not an actual tracking device, just a cell phone. I usually leave it at home, which would have been impossible to do at many of those buildings.

[-] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 4 months ago

management getting a notification

Isn't that a giant privacy violation? Why does anyone need to know when you come or go?

[-] MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"...to maintain the safety and security of the building and everyone in it." - An actual FAQ

Way to make home feel like a prison.

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