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The privacy cost of these devices is largely hidden. People are really bad at judging the long term and secondary/tertiary effects of their actions, they only s
by CursedUrn 5y ago
The privacy cost of these devices is largely hidden. People are really bad at judging the long term and secondary/tertiary effects of their actions, they only see the immediate benefit. This is how the dystopian surveillance state grows.
- ashtonkem 5y agoIf people can’t figure out that bugging your own home is a bad idea, then we’re doomed. That was obviously bad from the get go, I’m shocked anyone did it. Also, isn’t the echo dot like, $25? How did people not look at that and go “hmm, how is it that cheap?”
- shapefrog 5y ago> “$25 ... hmm, how is it that cheap?” because it is $5 of cheap electronics?