There's no privacy, in terms of sensors that send data to other people. Well, correction: There can be privacy between you and those other people. Who wants a

There's no privacy, in terms of sensors that send data to other people. Well, correction: There can be privacy between you and those other people. Who wants a camera, roaming their house, constantly sending photos to another person? Quite a few people, apparently! Most people rationalize this, because they don't think about the other people at all. They're not visible, so they don't exist. This isn't the "panopticon" because we don't see our watchers ever appear, even when those watchers are posting our intimate photos on social media. So many "smart" devices needlessly send data to the companies that produce the product. Society has built the technology to keep data on the devices, yet that's not how things have worked out. Another point: a huge percentage of these devices are produced by Chinese companies. The Chinese government effectively has an ownership stake in all of these companies. However, we too, can rationalize this, because it's so abstract. The consequences aren't visible to us right now, so we can go ahead and ignore them. Right? Amazon is buying Roomba. Same thing. We can ignore the consequences. It's easy!