Er maybe it’s not smart to have smart electronics after all. We’re being spied on, tracked and controlled. Never have I wanted so badly to live off grid in the bush.
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I watched 2001 A Space Odyssey when I was a kid and so I never trusted this "smart" stuff. Alexa and Siri and all this crap has always reminded me of HAL.
they had a bunch of movies then as well about "snart" houses killing the families
Alexa, unlock the garage doors.
I'm sorry Dave. I can't do that.
Daisy, Daisy .....
Me too, fren. When those Alexa things came out it's pretty much a given that it's always listening whether you want it to or not. I'm sure the spooks loved that.
Who knew that in the 21st century people would voluntarily be putting listening devices in their homes and filling out personal dossiers for public consumption?
Yeah it makes no sense to me. My cell phone provider was giving them away for free and my sister got an extra because she already bought one and she tried to give it toi me. I was like no thanks, even if I didnt want things listening to me I dont wanna talk to a robot like its a human.
I always thought Alexa was creepy. I never like my cell phone either. Only bring it with me if I have too.
Gave me two when I bought my house.
My distrust of smart homes comes from a Source a bit older than 2001, no mater how good it was.
Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke could both see the future.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Veldt_(short_story)
You probably typed that out on a smart phone.
No. No one could pay me enough to use that stuff.
When I was about 10 years old I watched an Outer Limits program where no one had any privacy at all...Big Brother watched them 24/7 through electronic monitors in their homes and eyes in the sky. I wondered then how that situation could happen and now I know: They did it to themselves.
Y’all are virtue signaling mofos. If you have a smart phone connected to the internet, that’s no different than having an Alexa or whatever. Just assume everything you say is being saved in the cloud to be used against you 5, 10, or 20 years into the future.
Your virtue signaling comment is erroneous and unwarranted because I still use a landline and don't have any type of cell phone, smart or otherwise.
So you're a luddite.
It is a little different. You can disable microphone permission for apps that would be spying on you
No it is no different. You actually trust your phone to do what you think you set it to do?
Same with Alexa
Outer Limits was the BEST then ?
Nope, I've known for decades this was coming. I guess I thought we all knew this was spyware.
I graduated from high school in 1984, so I guess that makes me Gen X. Orwell's 1984 and Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 were required reading. I was also heavily influenced by 2001: A Space Odyssey, which I saw when I was probably age 10. I've always been highly skeptical and I marvel at people who can sail through life completely unbothered by the shit I see everywhere.
I freaked out some of my in-lawswhen I visited them and discovered they had one of these spy boxes.
They didn't take what I was saying seriously, so I just said 'Alexa, turn off your microphone'. It responded by saying I could turn the power off if I liked.
You should have seen their faces, priceless. Of course, the fucking dingbats still have it as far as I'm aware.
Same experience with relatives.
Do you carry a smartphone with you?
I've installed a lot of ring doorbells, wireless camera systems, smart thermostats, wireless surround sound, and wireless satellite systems. Most of the higher end houses have had all of the above. People have no clue, they think they are the greatest inventions ever. Ive also had people straight up saying yea I want this installed so I can see what my parents are up too because they no longer live there or I want to make sure my mom isn't dating so and so. One guy wanted to make sure his dad wasn't buying booze and that he went for a daily walk. The son would stop by the house every afternoon to berate the father. The father couldn't figure out how his son knew he had been lying about drinking and not living a healthy lifestyle. Ive asked are you really ok with spying on your parents and got the yep its for their own good. The older generation has no clue. I could see if they talked to their parents and their parents said hey i want you to install it so you can see if I fall down but a lot these people are straight up creeps. Imagine what someone with nefarious intentions could do with all that info.
To be clear: "Smart" stuff are pretty nifty inventions, and in an ideal world would be pretty cool.
Unfortunately trust is being placed in companies that are the enemies of the population.
I have a smart thermostat ... it isn't connected to the internet though :-) ... I got it for free. I don't think that Nests have any mics or cameras in them too.
I agree that smart home stuff would be pretty frigging rad if it wasn't made to spy on people. Still, there are ways to use "smart" stuff w/o having to connect them to the internet.
I can't wait to get my new windows personally ... I'm adding motors to them. If it's pleasant out, they'll automatically open. If it starts to rain or if it is miserable out, they'll close and the AC will kick on. Two reasons I want to do this :
You could get the windows that push out and upward, which would allow you to keep them open in the rain since the window deflects them away. Unless humidity is a factor or you don't like available styles of course
Shit our company has management cams all over the place. Las vegas
I mean what do you think your phone is?
my phone is not smart, and it has a removable battery.
Oh, same as mine!
I worked in IT for a while, it gives you an appreciation for less integrated devices.
I've always hated my smart phone. Only have it when I'm separated from my husband and we need to keep in touch, i.e. shopping mall. Otherwise, I never use it.
It's still a microphone, camera, GPS tracker, motion detector, and text snooper whenever you have the battery in...
Even at it's most basic form even an old school flip phone is an NSA/FBI/CIA wet dream.
Which is why I hardly ever tote it around with me :)
Don you remove the battery between calls?
Not always, but then I don't really use it very much either, so it's left in an outside office most of the time.