Yah. And in almost no cases does that technically need to be the case. It just actually is the case. Surveillance capitalism. It’s common now the company makes more money from your data than from selling you the device. Even for big ticket devices like cars!
Companies are also very, very good at making people want it. I advise my friends against giving their new IoT shiny any internet access. I am rarely successful. You all know how it goes. “I don’t have anything to hide.”
Offline single purpose devices still work fine. I have two digital cameras, big and small, that use a USB cable to my PC. An unconnected mp3 player. An alarm clock with no connectivity that isn’t a phone app, it’s a thing with a big ole snooze button. It wakes me up fine.
Yah. And in almost no cases does that technically need to be the case. It just actually is the case. Surveillance capitalism. It’s common now the company makes more money from your data than from selling you the device. Even for big ticket devices like cars!
Companies are also very, very good at making people want it. I advise my friends against giving their new IoT shiny any internet access. I am rarely successful. You all know how it goes. “I don’t have anything to hide.”
Offline single purpose devices still work fine. I have two digital cameras, big and small, that use a USB cable to my PC. An unconnected mp3 player. An alarm clock with no connectivity that isn’t a phone app, it’s a thing with a big ole snooze button. It wakes me up fine.