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> In the end, I got enough of the cyber ick, I decided to seek a simpler, less internet-connected solution to my temperature-controlled bed needs. Great line.
by TheGRS 2y ago
> In the end, I got enough of the cyber ick, I decided to seek a simpler, less internet-connected solution to my temperature-controlled bed needs.
Great line. And my eyes bugged out a little at this part as I also realized what the implications were:
> - They can know when you sleep
> - They can detect when there are 2 people sleeping in the bed instead of 1
> - They can know when it’s night, and no people are in the bed
I have a more pragmatic question. Do any consumer publications do security reviews for products? I'm thinking like consumer reports and how they should probably publish if a product is a security nightmare or not. At the end of the day you still need people publish this stuff out and for social media to spread to consumers to beware, but maybe a magazine type of publication could take on part of that responsibility.
- Tijdreiziger 2y agoJust wait until you hear about Wi-Fi sensing. https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/02/27/1088154/wifi-sensing-tracking-movements/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/02/27/1088154/wifi-sen...
- bovinegambler 2y agoMozilla does something like that, privacy reviews of consumer products: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/
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- knallfrosch 2y agoThe people who care about security don't buy cloud-connected bed heaters – or run their own software on their IoT devices. You'll have exactly zero ad revenue because there is no overlap between prospective buyers and people who care about security.
- haswell 2y agoMost people I know that own these beds (myself included…was an early adopter before they started enshittefying their product): 1. Work in tech 2. Do care about security I think this product in particular really attracts the tech nerd life optimizer types.
- noisy_boy 2y ago> And my eyes bugged out a little at this part as I also realized what the implications were What if they have a ton of sensors which relay enough information to re-construct a 3D mesh of activity on the bed that they can remotely view? And their more curious less ethical employees give nicknames to particularly "active" or "interesting" users? And start placing bets on their favorites? And start connecting the dots on who is sleeping with whom? More seriously, this is just a data collection mechanism to learn about user habits that can be sold to other companies and/or use to start new lines of business. Anything that sends back data, without your clear and expression agreement, isn't sending it to help you.