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It's the right idea to consider the concept of IoT as an Internet of Shit because, even if the devices function flawlessly, device functionality is not always c
by terminado 10y ago
It's the right idea to consider the concept of IoT as an Internet of Shit because, even if the devices function flawlessly, device functionality is not always crafted in the best interests of the end-user.
Even if the device is well-designed and doesn't malfunction, a device might function all-too-well, and act against the consumer who owns the object.
When you have a smart device that's smart enough to be too smart to let you freely benefit from it, everything becomes a rental at best.
If we let this happen, it could very well be a step backward from the status quo of planned obsolescence. (planned obsolescence is also a bad thing, just in case anyone needs that spelled out)
- donkeyd 10y ago> When you have a smart device that's smart enough to be too smart to let you freely benefit from it What does this mean?
- Houshalter 10y agoAn internet connected device can spy on you and sell your data. It can show you ads. It can have much more sophisticated DRM. It can stop functioning at a random time while it goes through an unnecessary update. It can be bricked remotely if you try to hack it. Consider game consoles. The original xbox would just boot up the game that was in the drive and that was it. The newer ones will go to a home screen full of ads. You have to create a microsoft account to start playing. The game will take several hours to update before you can start (and because of this games are now released in an unfinished state because they count on customers updating.) And it was going to be so that you have to have the internet on all the time so it can check if your game is used or not (fortunately they disabled that after overwhelming protest.)