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No different than sending data to a random us-east-1 IP address. In this case there just aren't any English speakers to show up in the press and spit sophistry
by forgottenpass 11y ago
No different than sending data to a random us-east-1 IP address.
In this case there just aren't any English speakers to show up in the press and spit sophistry about how a stopwatch app needs to exfiltrate your entire contacts book for business reasons and "you clicked OK so fuck you."
- mikeash 11y agoSeems like there could have been a little more effort figuring out where this IP address is and what's being sent.
- wepple 11y agoagree; a device cheaper than a steak connecting to an IP address isn't news - just because it's a Chinese IP address doesn't mean you've got awesome presentation material.
- ApplaudPumice 11y agoDon't forget that the Chinese (or any other country) are terrorists.
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- forgottenpass 11y agoYou're right. Even though I aimed my criticism at a market that is unreasonably trusting of locals, I think the reason this is news is fueled by distrust of the Chinese in specific and foreigners in general. Dunno why you're so downvoted. Is the HN audience too thick to see your point, or was it using language too close to IRL politics?
- zardo 11y agoI doubt the IP address is random in either case.
- mryan 11y agoOf course not. Perhaps "arbitrary IP address" would have been more precise phrasing, but I doubt many people though OP was suggesting that the IP address was literally random.