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Why bother to mandate telescreens in each home, when the people will do it themselves and willingly pay for the privilege of being monitored.

autoexec 2y ago
Right? Who honestly didn't think these devices would be used to spy on them and their homes? Even after reports of third party contractors listening to people having sex made headlines people continued to buy and keep them. Just like some people need to touch a hot stove to learn they need to be careful some people will just refuse to accept anything bad is happening to them until they see it with their own eyes and surveillance capitalism exploits that by keeping the harms so removed from the collection of private data that most people will never accept the connection even after they're told about what's happening.
gblargg 2y ago
"In the future they will carry their telescreens with them, even into the bathroom."
PlunderBunny 2y ago
1984 but we chose it instead of it being forced on us.
- burch45 2y ago
  Brave New World.
  - t-writescode 2y ago
    Fahrenheit 451 has whole rooms full of screens with, I think, virtual/pretend people that people enjoy talking to.
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- GuinansEyebrows 2y ago
  Not only did we choose it, we felt lucky to be alive in a time where we were afforded the privilege to purchase it
rdtsc 2y ago
The Stasi or the KGB would have loved to install listening devices into everyone's homes, so they can monitor everyone. And here we are, people are voluntarily doing it. It's like a dream come true, just a few decades too late.
- neuralRiot 2y ago
  The ting is that probaly the most interesting individuals to them wouldn’t get those devices at home or at sensitive places.
nativeit 2y ago
During COVID there were a lot of (mostly right wing) conspiracy theories about Bill Gates sneaking nano-chips into vaccines. These same people went on to support the world’s richest wanker who literally owns a company intent on human microchip implantation. Up is down, black is white, spheres are flat…Humid sacks of rice, bats and hogs sniffing each other, massive stereos

autoexec 2y ago

Right? Who honestly didn't think these devices would be used to spy on them and their homes? Even after reports of third party contractors listening to people having sex made headlines people continued to buy and keep them. Just like some people need to touch a hot stove to learn they need to be careful some people will just refuse to accept anything bad is happening to them until they see it with their own eyes and surveillance capitalism exploits that by keeping the harms so removed from the collection of private data that most people will never accept the connection even after they're told about what's happening.

gblargg 2y ago

"In the future they will carry their telescreens with them, even into the bathroom."

PlunderBunny 2y ago

1984 but we chose it instead of it being forced on us.

burch45 2y ago
Brave New World.
- t-writescode 2y ago
  Fahrenheit 451 has whole rooms full of screens with, I think, virtual/pretend people that people enjoy talking to.
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GuinansEyebrows 2y ago
Not only did we choose it, we felt lucky to be alive in a time where we were afforded the privilege to purchase it

rdtsc 2y ago

The Stasi or the KGB would have loved to install listening devices into everyone's homes, so they can monitor everyone. And here we are, people are voluntarily doing it. It's like a dream come true, just a few decades too late.

neuralRiot 2y ago
The ting is that probaly the most interesting individuals to them wouldn’t get those devices at home or at sensitive places.

nativeit 2y ago

During COVID there were a lot of (mostly right wing) conspiracy theories about Bill Gates sneaking nano-chips into vaccines. These same people went on to support the world’s richest wanker who literally owns a company intent on human microchip implantation. Up is down, black is white, spheres are flat…Humid sacks of rice, bats and hogs sniffing each other, massive stereos