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Why would you want to go out of your way to send bogus data to the manufacturer? I'm all for being able to choose whether or not to disclose that data, but the
by encrux 4y ago
Why would you want to go out of your way to send bogus data to the manufacturer?
I'm all for being able to choose whether or not to disclose that data, but then we'll also have to accept different choices than ours. There's no point in sabotaging others.
- krageon 4y ago> Why would you want to go out of your way to send bogus data to the manufacturer? Because getting a ton of garbage will positively stimulate them to stop trusting this data. That helps everyone.
- widjit 4y agoThough more likely no one will notice/care and they will just sell the bad data regardless
- Nextgrid 4y agoIf someone's buying the data they will care sooner or later. After all, if they wanted bogus data, they can generate it themselves instead of buying it.
- barbazoo 4y agoPlease someone tell me what anyone would do with data obtained from a fridge.
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- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoCustomer is out of cheese. Supermarket texts and emails you asking if you want cheese delivery (bundled with other items).
- barbazoo 4y agoUnless there's cameras everywhere in the fridge (plus advanced object recognition that knows that that bundled up pack of goat cheese inside a ziplock bag is in fact goat cheese) or people are scanning items as they take them out I don't see how that would work and both things seem kinda unlikely so it's weird they'd start with the easiest part which is hook up the thing to the internet.
- Nextgrid 4y agoUsage patterns? Fridge being opened means someone is home. That data point is meaningless in isolation, but can be valuable if you want to use it to confirm/deny other data points - let's say another data broker is trying to get an accurate ad targeting profile but only has breadcrumbs here and there such as IP addresses, user-agents that by themselves don't mean much, but they can use other data points (such as fridge activity data) to link your otherwise-anonymous IP-based profile if they see that the only times this IP lights up is when the fridge was also used recently. Whether that's currently done is up for debate - maybe there are other lower-hanging fruits that are easier to do, but if you've exhausted all your other options and still want even more accurate profiles, I don't see why you wouldn't do it.
- vorpalhex 4y agoI went through a serious attempt to remove all of my resumes on the web. Paid a firm, whole nine yards. Several data brokers still have very, very old copies.. and they still sell them.. and recruiters still buy them.. and still contact me.. and still get met with an email politely telling them off. But that years old shitty linkedin dataset still gets sold to thousands of people for thousands of dollars a year and nobody bats an eye. The recruiters are too stupid to spot the bad data and the brokers too lazy to care.
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- princekolt 4y agoNo one will hand you your rights for free on a silver plate. Protesting and fighting back is the only way any progress is made in society.
- car_analogy 4y ago> There's no point in sabotaging others. We're already being sabotaged, by manufacturers - what else would you call this sometimes hidden, non-disablable connectivity/"telemetry", and the disappearance of dumb options? The only question is if we let them get away with it scot-free.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y agoAdvertisements for products invade our lives, unbidden, nearly every second of every day. Turnabout, as they say, is fair play.
- itsboring 4y agoI agree with the other responses here, but they missed one reason: because it’s funny.