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percent@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I wish companies would at least offer a “no data collecting/selling” price option. Like, how much would they make from selling my data? Just give me the option to pay that extra amount so I can buy a vacuum without thinking about how it’s spying on me.

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deathbird@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
My concern is that they’ll include the equipment for spying on you, and just enable it later.

I bought a Hue because it said “no online account required!” Later they changed their mind.

I want the promise plus open standards and a base of libre software. I want them to tie themselves to the mast.

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- percent@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Yeah, good point. Owners of Samsung “smart” refrigerators started seeing ads on them recently.
  
  I’m sure there was some sort of legal terms that users had to agree to to enable that, but it still feels like a scam. Some amount of those fridge owners would not have bought the fridge if they knew there would be ads on it at any point in time.
  
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  - deathbird@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I mean, if I felt I could control the little computer in a smart fridge without expending excessive effort to do so, I might be interested in getting one myself. Absent other concerns, a tablet integrated into my fridge could be handy to monitor the appliance, make quick or even automated grocery list updates, etc. Not earth shattering, but still marginally useful.
    
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