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Now imagine a future where every device you buy is connected to the internet wirelessly, whether you like it or not.
by Raed667 5y ago
Now imagine a future where every device you buy is connected to the internet wirelessly, whether you like it or not.
- throw03172019 5y agoIs that time already here? Fridges, washing machines, dishwashers, TVs etc.
- Raed667 5y agoNot yet. All of those still require wifi or bluetooth. They ask the user to do the setup.
- r00fus 5y agoDon't they require wifi? This effort (and Amazon Sidewalk) are trying to bypass that.
- rzzzt 5y agoNo.
- d4mi3n 5y agoYes. Many devices will ask for a network or create a mesh network over wifi/bluetooth/zigby if one isn't presented to them.
- kube-system 5y agoAutomobiles is the one you're looking for.
- stopagephobia 5y agoThen we start jailbreaking them to use as free modems and cost people who make that huge amounts of money, then they will stop.
- brendoelfrendo 5y agoYou assume a future where internet is ubiquitous and fee and not a future where every device you own comes with the burden of a perpetual subscription in order to function.
- orangepurple 5y agoSo what? You can always isolate these things by removing the antenna or if all else fails putting them in a faraday cage
- Raed667 5y agoYeah I can totally imagine the average consumer opening the back of their TV to find an antenna or setting up a faraday cage in their living room /s
- _jal 5y agoThat's what pliers are for.
- Raed667 5y agoBesides the fact that your average user will not be able to open these devices. Removing connectivity will probably irreversibly brick them.
- rakoo 5y agoNow imagine a future - where every device you use belongs to a private company - connects wirelessly through a network owned by a private company - to services owned by a private company - that loans you even more stuff owned by a private company - and entertains you with content owned by a private company - and all the websites and news and games and podcasts and chats are hosted on servers owned by a private company and the democratic power that helps you control this private company is funded by the success of such a private company. I fear a world where we have neither individual nor collective control of our everyday lives.
- neolefty 5y agoNot relevant to this, which is about physically placing antennae at a location, to provide a local service.