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When you buy food there's a label on the package that tells you what's in it. When you buy cigarettes there's a big warning label about the risk to your health
by rkagerer 6y ago
When you buy food there's a label on the package that tells you what's in it.
When you buy cigarettes there's a big warning label about the risk to your health.
I think consumer devices need something like that. Imagine browsing an aisle and seeing a label on the package like "WARNING: These earbuds phone home with the track names you play, your GPS location and menstruation cycle history." How many people do you think will buy that box vs. the cheap $20 pair with the analog plug?
- trickstra 6y agoBut... they do. When you install the app, people routinely agree with "This app wants access to your contact list, storage, internet, and to run at startup". But I get your point, it should be on the box, before you buy the hardware. Currently they can easily argue that you can install the software from appstore, check the required permissions, before even buying the hardware. But that's not enough.
- lm28469 6y ago> "This app wants access to your contact list, storage, internet, and to run at startup" If you don't agree most of the time the app quits and you can't use the product you bought.
- Can_Not 6y agoThe vast majority of bluetooth headphones don't even mention their Bluetooth version!