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> You buy a dishwasher from Best Buy. They send your name and address to Maytag. For warranty purposes of course > You buy soap from Walmart. They send your n

by csours 6y ago

> You buy a dishwasher from Best Buy. They send your name and address to Maytag. For warranty purposes of course > You buy soap from Walmart. They send your name and address to Johnson & Johnson. In case they need to recall the soap > You buy a sandwich at your local deli. They send your name and address to Boar’s Head. Cool? So you can get some cool Boar's Head swag! Just kidding of course. We need much better data privacy protection.

IgorPartola 6y ago
> So you can get some cool Boar's Head swag! I can’t even imagine what that might be. But technical support for my sandwich making needs would be fun. Kind of how Butterball (I think it’s them) has a help line on Thanksgiving for cooking turkeys. They made the news a few years ago by hiring men to work the phones because they learned that men cook more frequently now but feel uncomfortable asking women for advice. I had a good chuckle at that.
- dylan604 6y ago
  >I can’t even imagine what that might be. A mounted boar's head to mount on the wall that makes grunting sounds when it's sammich time. But being HN, it'll also have cameras for eyes (3d) and microphones in the ears so that it knows when it is time to re-order more product. Maybe it'll link with Alexa/Siri/GHome with an articulated mouth so that it makes it look like it is Alexa. If you place it where it can see the contents of your fridge and/or pantry, it will be able to automatically order food for you. The lack of imagination these days... /s
- ethbr0 6y ago
  I have a sneaking suspicion Boar's Head et al. know sandwich making secrets that would substantially improve my lunches. I mean, you do anything for long enough, you get good at it. Especially if you're soliciting feedback from even more people who are doing it. I think somewhere out there there's a story of a Brita customer support rep tracking down a filtration engineer to get a technical answer to how long one could filter and drink urine for.
SilasX 6y ago
Those actually seem reasonable (other than the swag one) if and only if that info is locked away on a need-to-know-basis, it’s used for precisely that purpose, and regulators vigorously punish any sharing or release. The GDPR seems like a good step in that direction.
- t0astbread 6y ago
  For recalls the customer could subscribe to a public recall channel and warranty can be handled on a machine-identity basis (at least until the warranty actually kicks in) so none of those really require personal data upfront.

by csours 6y ago

IgorPartola 6y ago

> So you can get some cool Boar's Head swag! I can’t even imagine what that might be. But technical support for my sandwich making needs would be fun. Kind of how Butterball (I think it’s them) has a help line on Thanksgiving for cooking turkeys. They made the news a few years ago by hiring men to work the phones because they learned that men cook more frequently now but feel uncomfortable asking women for advice. I had a good chuckle at that.

dylan604 6y ago
>I can’t even imagine what that might be. A mounted boar's head to mount on the wall that makes grunting sounds when it's sammich time. But being HN, it'll also have cameras for eyes (3d) and microphones in the ears so that it knows when it is time to re-order more product. Maybe it'll link with Alexa/Siri/GHome with an articulated mouth so that it makes it look like it is Alexa. If you place it where it can see the contents of your fridge and/or pantry, it will be able to automatically order food for you. The lack of imagination these days... /s
ethbr0 6y ago
I have a sneaking suspicion Boar's Head et al. know sandwich making secrets that would substantially improve my lunches. I mean, you do anything for long enough, you get good at it. Especially if you're soliciting feedback from even more people who are doing it. I think somewhere out there there's a story of a Brita customer support rep tracking down a filtration engineer to get a technical answer to how long one could filter and drink urine for.

SilasX 6y ago

Those actually seem reasonable (other than the swag one) if and only if that info is locked away on a need-to-know-basis, it’s used for precisely that purpose, and regulators vigorously punish any sharing or release. The GDPR seems like a good step in that direction.

t0astbread 6y ago
For recalls the customer could subscribe to a public recall channel and warranty can be handled on a machine-identity basis (at least until the warranty actually kicks in) so none of those really require personal data upfront.