This article summarises a report carried out by Which?, the UK consumers’ rights magazine. I submitted this article because I found it surprising that people w

This article summarises a report carried out by Which?, the UK consumers’ rights magazine. I submitted this article because I found it surprising that people would spend money on a kitchen utensil that is connected to the Internet. After reading the report, it turns out that the most egregious privacy invasions are from the opaque smartphone apps that are used with the air fryers. Having an associated app for a fryer or oven would be a big red flag for me. A couple of years ago, I switched my mobile phone from Android to iOS primarily for privacy reasons (I work as a sysadmin in my day job and don't really want to spend my free time as the sysadmin of a Lineage system). This finding seems to vindicate that choice: > Far more information was taken from those with Android phones, as Apple now disallows some types of data gathering and offers additional privacy protections.