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Headline should be: FT allows Lenovo to sell computers with secret hardware again, should they choose to. No one went in jail (try intercepting someone's Https
by tryingagainbro 9y ago
Headline should be: FT allows Lenovo to sell computers with secret hardware again, should they choose to. No one went in jail (try intercepting someone's Https connections) and no crippling fine.
Just an agreement that requires consent...you can drive trucks through the loopholes. "Yes, I want to speed up my internet" is one and 90% would click yes /install.
- quuquuquu 9y agoIt's really crazy, isn't it??? The company that makes/sells me a couch doesn't currently install a microphone in the couch, so that they can analyze my conversations and sell my data to advertisers. Should they start trying? All of these tech companies are getting away with it!
- 659087 9y agoComing soon: Amazon Echo Sit
- quuquuquu 9y ago"We are revolutionizing home-based, ergonomic solutions. Relaxtion-as-a-service" Translation "We're selling an overpriced couch. The couch is manufactured by someone else. The microphone gives us your data. We're working on selling that to as many other people as we can."
- dozzie 9y agoLaxation-as-a-service.
- maxxxxx 9y agoDon't give couch manufacturers any ideas! Couches need telemetry too.
- quuquuquu 9y agoDuring the peak of frothy VC investments, our hypothetical couch startup will have the money to hire ML and AI experts. 1) Sell the couch at a loss. 2) Acquire customer voice data. 3) Run it through ML/AI 4) ???? 5) Pivot the company.
- codedokode 9y agoYou can collect even more information: measure weight of a customer (so advertisers know who is more likely to buy food), learn how often he uses a couch.
- maxxxxx 9y agoYou could have some inflatable cushions that can only be controlled by the cloud.
- andrewflnr 9y agoIt'll recognize your voice and automatically port your cushion preferences to other people's SmartCouches.
- dsfyu404ed 9y agoI think either the company name or product line should be "SmartAss". Lots of good bad marketing opportunities that way.
- quuquuquu 9y agoGreat idea! This way when the company shuts down, your cushions are stuck in one position, unless you hotwire the couch :)
- KekDemaga 9y agoNot so fast hackerman, you'd be in violation of the DMCA should you hack the couch DRM.
- mariuolo 9y agoThere's no need. The device in front of your couch already does that.
- quuquuquu 9y agoWhat is scary is that the couch companies might /need/ to do this to survive! yikes! Apple + Samsung have the phone market, but that didn't stop MSFT and AMZN from trying XD
- petepete 9y agoThe company who sold me a TV sent out an update that embeds advertising in the UI Thanks Samsung.
- devopsproject 9y agoIssue a chargeback and return it
- quuquuquu 9y agoThe chargeback situation in the credit card industry is really so amazing and interesting. I've charged back everything from erroneously issued parking tickets to flights canceled due to weather. Every time, the credit card company immediately gives me my money back, settles with the merchant on my behalf, and I have always won. The question is, who is giving the money to the banks that allows them to take this kind of a loss? People who have credit card debt???
- ars 9y agoThe bank takes no loss. They take the money from the merchant. Banks require merchants to keep a certain amount of money as a deposit with them, specifically for this. The amount varies depending on the type of business the merchant is in (and the size and reliability of the merchant - for example Walmart is probably not required to keep any amount at all).
- quuquuquu 9y agoIt sounds like if you are a merchant and don't like chargebacks and deposits, the best idea is to run a cash only business then, if you don't mind turning away cc customers. Strange world!
- devopsproject 9y agodont forget the transaction and other fees the merchant must pay :)
- lorenzhs 9y agos/hardware/adware/ - I was confused there for a second, but on second thought this could likely have been by autocorrect.