To use the plugs, one must install the Topo app. It is only when one installs the app that one comes across its privacy policy, which is intrusive and impossible to accept. Following are highlights of the policy:
TP-Link will collect information about the devices connected to the plugs (Point 2.3). They may collect IP address, location, mobile device information, user name, email address, shipping address, log-in and password details [!!], communications via phone calls, e-mail, social media, … the list is extensive and alarming (Point 4). Not only will TP-Link be allowed to use such information itself, it is also allowed to transfer such information to third parties (Point 5.2). Furthermore, customer information may be transferred to parties that may acquire TP-Link in the future (Point 5.4).
One buys a wifi-enabled plug to connect to one’s devices to power supply remotely. It must be able to manufacture plugs that do just that without requiring an app to set up. More importantly, there is no reason for the plug to collect so much information from its customers. There is even less justification for them to pass our personal information to third parties. Whether or how they may be able to collect such information is secondary. I cannot grant them permission to do so.
Therefore I intend to return the product.
| Merk | TP-Link |
|---|---|
| Fabrikant | TP-Link |
| Serie | Tapo P100 (2-pack) |
| Productafmetingen | 5.15 x 6.02 x 7.25 cm; 180 gram |
| Modelnummer item | Tapo P100(2-pack) |
| Soort verbinding | 802.11b,802.11g,Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) |
| Draadloos type | 802.11n |
| Batterijen wel of niet meegeleverd | Nee |
| Fabrikant | TP-Link |
| Taal | Engels |
| ASIN | B0875DFSD3 |
| Gegarandeerde software-updates tot | unknown |
