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minus-squareDNS@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·1 month agoThese arricles are meant to be rage bait for the techno-illiterate. As you said, cell phones mapped your house long ago as well as your smart TV, or any appliance that requires an internet connection. People traded in their privacy for convenience.
minus-squareNetrunner@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoPrivacy is not worthless just being one bad actor took it. It still is worth pursuing in all layers where possible.
minus-squareelephantium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoPrivacy may be dead as you suggest, but that doesn’t compel me to dance on its grave.
minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoPhones have never mapped your house and how would they do that? Tvs don’t think it would map but yes they watch you.
These arricles are meant to be rage bait for the techno-illiterate. As you said, cell phones mapped your house long ago as well as your smart TV, or any appliance that requires an internet connection.
People traded in their privacy for convenience.
Privacy is not worthless just being one bad actor took it. It still is worth pursuing in all layers where possible.
Privacy may be dead as you suggest, but that doesn’t compel me to dance on its grave.
Phones have never mapped your house and how would they do that? Tvs don’t think it would map but yes they watch you.
+1 Indeed!