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Under pressure in an interview, yesterday, I found myself saying "'The Internet of Things' is short for 'The Internet of Things you don't need, sending surveill
by dcexqm 11y ago
Under pressure in an interview, yesterday, I found myself saying "'The Internet of Things' is short for 'The Internet of Things you don't need, sending surveillance data you don't want, to people you don't know.'"
- brianwawok 11y agoI would have hired you
- ericzawo 11y agoMaybe they'll appreciate your honesty?
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- throweway 11y agoNah companies want obediant placid fungible workers not free thinkering radicals. Even the hipster ones that let you work remotely and choose your own projects and stuff.
- amelius 11y ago> to people you don't know What is worse, your data being sent to people you know or to people you don't know?
- ccvannorman 11y agoDepends -- WILL I know them afterwards?
- ovi256 11y agoThat's a puzzle question worthy of a board of ethics interview.
- ttctciyf 11y agoThere's surely a Wildean quote in there somewhere.. "The only thing worse than your data being sent to people you don't know..."
- return0 11y ago#2 I believe. Better the NSA than your auntie.
- reitanqild 11y agoI argue to people that I'd rather have my photos on Googles servers than on the friendly local Dropbox clone. Why? Because I know Google has systems in place to detect sysadmins browsing in data unrelated to their job and I know they have fired people over it even if was tought to have been done with good intentions. Edit: as for tracking I wish they would up their game and stop providing ads for <insert eastern country here>-dating.<tld-of-the-day> I wish they would take into consideration that I am happily married with more than 3kids, belongs to a subset of the population that has way less than 10% divorce rate and I might even be in the market for a new car at some point. In fact I would even tell them if they asked.
- fabulist 11y agoThe people you do know will purchase the information from the people you don't.
- scubaguy 11y agoIf you find yourself saying something uncomfortable under pressure, this is probably not the right place for you.
- johnchristopher 11y agoWell, coming up with that while being under pressure is still to be commended for.
- felipeerias 11y agoSmart things? Sure. Smart, connected things? Yes, maybe. Smart things connecting over the Internet to a corporate cloud? Hell no.
- Fr0styMatt88 11y agoHaha. At the interview for my current job I was asked how I'd secure a remote service. My first response was along the lines of "Ask someone who actually knows about security, because I know just enough that I'd probably mess it up".