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Only regulation can fix this, because for the company it's nothing but upside. They can double-dip by selling data, gather data on their users, etc. There is no
by api 2y ago
Only regulation can fix this, because for the company it's nothing but upside. They can double-dip by selling data, gather data on their users, etc. There is no downside. There are nowhere near enough knowledgeable people who will balk at this stuff, and even if there are it won't matter if/when everyone does it.
All economic incentives encourage maximum invasion of user privacy. That's almost universally true in my experience.
- jjeaff 2y agoRegulation is maybe the most likely route, but the other is for customers to continue to vote with their wallet. if more and more people refuse to buy these listening devices, then they will stop doing it.
- eszed 2y agoCan you point to any examples of this happening in the last decade or so? For now, I agree with the GP that: > There are nowhere near enough knowledgeable people who will balk at this stuff.