The adtech industry in the west has driven the normality of constantly connected devices. Now we'll have the chineese government constantly connected instead of

The adtech industry in the west has driven the normality of constantly connected devices. Now we'll have the chineese government constantly connected instead of just the billionaires. You won't be able to get a car which isn't connected, just like its increasingly hard to get a TV that isn't connected. The cultural acceptance of this has been driven from the trillions spent by advertising companies in double-dipping -- companies not content with making a product and selling it for a markup, they have to squeeze an extra $10 out of that $500 TV -- and that has massively weakened the security of society, both directly (Internet of Shit) and through expectations (IoT supply chains controlled by hostile agents)