Comment on Detroit man steals 800 gallons using Bluetooth to hack gas pumps at station
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 11 months ago…and they do it because idiots with more money than sense think its “neat” to pay an extra hundred dollars blah blah blah.
jarfil@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If the final price was the same, they’d still do it, that statistical data pays for itself. Some idiots wanting to pay extra for the privilege of being tracked, is just a happy coincidence.
Look at what happened to SmartTVs: in the beginning, that “Smart” was an “extra”; now, the TVs without tracking cost extra (and have fewer features).
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 11 months ago
the only company I know of that still makes dumb TVs is Scepter… Which can be a dice roll, with how they acquire their panels.
besides, Smart TVs are indeed dangerous, but only if you give them an internet connection.
Things like blutooth toasters, though? They connect to the internet through your phone via their app, cause “smart” devices like that always require an app to use, so they can send all that data back home.