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Who would ever in their wildest dreams have devices from a huge data collections company, watching and listening in your home? It's beyond uintelligent, i you
by danielovichdk 7y ago
Who would ever in their wildest dreams have devices from a huge data collections company, watching and listening in your home?
It's beyond uintelligent, i you really think about it.
- vezycash 7y agoYou read HN. So you're one of the few people on this planet who have even heard of the term "huge data collections company" much less have an opinion about it. In the mind of the populace, I think Google might stay in the same brain spot reserved for father christmas. I would have suggested a massive privacy awareness campaign but I doubt it'll work - especially when it comes at the cost of convenience.
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- dylan604 7y agoSure, to the average HN user, if even that. As a thought experiment, you know the inner-workings of G. Take one step back, and consider if your parents have that same understanding. Sure, you may have talked about it with them at dinner once/twice/often, but do they really understand it? Now, multiply that by the greater majority of people that have no-tech understanding nor friends/family to enlighten them. To them tech might as well be magic. Everything is "push a button, get a prize" mentality for end-user tech now.
- davengh 7y agoArthur C Clarke's Third Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." My in-laws are firmly in the "computers are magic" camp. Say what you like about they should learn etc, but they're in their 80s, have already lived through multiple technological revolutions, and at this point don't have the energy or interest to work through another one.
- dwild 7y agoWould your in-laws would let a kid play with power tool too? They are aware that someone not able to understands the danger of power tools and how to use them safely shouldn't use them. That's nothing new. Yet they still do...