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If you are asking what a reasonable person of the public thinks about digital privacy, that ship has already sailed. We have people installing and handing out t
by jimmydorry 3y ago
If you are asking what a reasonable person of the public thinks about digital privacy, that ship has already sailed. We have people installing and handing out their data to third parties in the form of:
* Cameras on their front doors (Ring doorbells, etc.)
* Mics all around their house (Alexa's and other digital assistants)
* 3D accurate maps out the entirety of your house's floor plan (Roomba's etc.)
* Digital door locks managed in the cloud
* Real-time position tracking (airtags, Google Maps app & equivalents, etc.)
We already have concrete evidence of some of the above being used / abused against the interest of the owner.
Until you can make a compelling case about why this is bad, I would wager that the default stance of the public is that no privacy is required.
- coldtea 3y agoThese people think that their data are safe with those products and third parties. Those who are burnt by this trust, tend to change their mind quickly.
- troyvit 3y agoRight, but that apparently isn't happening to enough people, so these different means to erode our reasonable expectation of privacy will continue to grow. As they do governments can hold up Ring cameras for example and say, "look, everybody has one of these on their front porch and they're filming their neighbors. If you let a private company do that then there's nothing legally keeping us from doing the same." It's pretty blatant in my neighborhood already. Whenever something criminal happens and cops come around one of the first things they ask is if I have a Ring doorbell they could take a peek at.