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> But that would mean going against companies and we can't have that now, can we? Exactly. Surveillance capitalism is orders of magnitude more invasive than th
by api 3y ago
> But that would mean going against companies and we can't have that now, can we?
Exactly. Surveillance capitalism is orders of magnitude more invasive than the NSA and does not answer to anyone. Regulations don’t even really work because they can just offshore anything shady or do it through fly by night data brokers.
- master-lincoln 3y agoBut private companies do not have the legal option to invade your home or use physical force on you.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoYou just made me wonder if those smart TVs have the ability to packet sniff what’s going on on the Wi-Fi networks in the homes in which they’re installed.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoSome IOT devices definitely do scan your network automatically to look for other compatible members of the ecosystem.
- oyashirochama 3y agoA reason why VLANing is important.
- rolph 3y agofrom wikipedia "HDMI Ethernet and Audio Return Channel Introduced in HDMI 1.4, HDMI Ethernet and Audio Return Channel (HEAC) adds a high-speed bidirectional data communication link (HEC) and the ability to send audio data upstream to the source device (ARC). HEAC utilizes two lines from the connector: the previously unused Reserved pin (called HEAC+) and the Hot Plug Detect pin (called HEAC−).[51]: §HEAC-2.1 If only ARC transmission is required, a single mode signal using the HEAC+ line can be used, otherwise, HEC is transmitted as a differential signal over the pair of lines, and ARC as a common mode component of the pair." HDMI Ethernet Channel (HEC) HDMI Ethernet Channel technology consolidates video, audio, and data streams into a single HDMI cable, and the HEC feature enables IP-based applications over HDMI and provides a bidirectional Ethernet communication at 100 Mbit/s.[43] The physical layer of the Ethernet implementation uses a hybrid to simultaneously send and receive attenuated 100BASE-TX-type signals through a single twisted pair." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI -------------------------------------------------- This gives me the impression that packet sniffs, and many other operations have been in play since HDMI 1.4, possibly a subscription based desktop as a service, or game console as a service, could distribute this way, and leech off local LAN gateway, for heavy loads.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoDownvotes for a valid question?
- injeolmi_love 3y agoThe big tech companies are not private; they are public companies that rely on state force to maintain their monopolies. Just as an example, intellectual property laws rely on the state for enforcement.
- ericmay 3y agoIdk. I like having property rights and so naturally that will extend to others and their homes and businesses else they won’t respect my property rights. Leveling such a broad criticism against “big tech companies” isn’t helpful, especially when you personally (along with every American) is categorically guilty of the same.
- yterdy 3y ago[flagged]
- kenjackson 3y agoDidn’t you get to live there? Thats what you paid for I presume? I’ve spent a lot of money at fast food over the years, but no one has given me a franchise.
- yterdy 3y agoLikewise, a society forced to spend 2x or more the cost of a home-cooked meal on fast food is not going to be a healthy one. From a broad economic perspective, rentals that cost so much more than purchases (which are inaccessible in part because so many are only on the market as rentals) aren't sustainable. >Thats what you paid for I presume? I presume I paid for shelter, but also someone's luxury car or home renovation.
- Dalewyn 3y agoYou are (or were) renting your apartment, you never owned it. Those property rights are held by your landlord or otherwise whoever owns that apartment, you were just a tenant. If you want to hold and exercise property rights, you need to own property. Renting a property does not mean you own it. It's as simple as that.
- generic92034 3y agoYet.
- yterdy 3y agoThey can use the cops against you. Ask Kim Dotcom (whatever else you think of him).
- CamperBob2 3y agoThat wouldn't happen without power delegated from the government. We leave capitalism and free enterprise behind when that happens, yet still insist on using the same terms to label the consequences. See also patent trolls, predatory DRM and copyright enforcement, and (often) the creation and maintenance of harmful monopolies.
- yterdy 3y agoThe government's power is delegated by the people (and, in particular, people with influence, i.e., money). The power of corporations to direct government force is therefore inextricable from the power of corporations writ large, and that is derived wholly from unrestrained or improperly-restrained capitalism/enterprise. The government loses the power to abuse the public so intensely when corporations lose the power to abuse government, at least within a capitalist framework.
- injeolmi_love 3y agoCapitalism has always been a creature of the state. Kings gave licenses to private individuals to invest, operate, and run public companies. Nowadays it’s more complex but the first step to create any public company is still to apply for a license. Power and money have always flown both ways. I suggest you look into the Muscovy Company. Created in 1555 as the first joint stock company, it was highly influential politically and relied on its political connections to earn profits. Nothing has changed in this regard for corporations since.
- kube-system 3y agoFor profit companies ultimately sell to anyone with money. Profit maximization ensures that if private companies can collect the data, everyone who wants it will have it.
- ben_w 3y agoUnless so empowered by the state. Most of them don't want to, and let the police and the bailiffs do that kind of thing for them in the relatively rare cases it matters, just like any other form of contracting or outsourcing.