Each time it happens, it needs to be news to name and shame the companies. Unfortunately, once you've bought the product, it's game over for privacy. So this info needs to be explicitly available for each product/company so that when future buyers are researching, they might be able to stumble upon these articles.
Product reviewers need to explicitly state that the cameras/mics/whatevs of devices have been used for nefarious purposes other than what is advertised on the box.
But we should not just sweep everything under the rug because a couple of nerds "knows about it" because there's a heck of a lot more people that do not.
Name and shame doesn't work in that it doesn't stop the next guy, or even the current guy. It does at least make the information available to those that care. If you don't care, great. Continue to live with your head in the sand. If you do care, at least the information is available for you to make an informed decision.
If we do nothing because of the "it doesn't work" in a manner you think fitting, then we'll make no progress. It's yet another example of a choice between doing anything versus doing nothing because the perfect answer isn't available.
I do not use Microsoft products. I do not use Google products in my personal life. Others do not use Apple products. So for some people, it absolutely does work. I don't shop at WalMart, and am damn near Amazon free too.
A new sucker is born every minute. If the only time the name and shame is mentioned is when it happens, then those new borns will potentially never hear about it.
Why do they preach to the choir? Because that's how you get them to sing.
Product reviewers need to explicitly state that the cameras/mics/whatevs of devices have been used for nefarious purposes other than what is advertised on the box.
But we should not just sweep everything under the rug because a couple of nerds "knows about it" because there's a heck of a lot more people that do not.