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My brother seems to not care about his online privacy. He registers to services too easily without pondering, he’s not outraged we need a fucking account to use a vacuum cleaner, it seems he doesn’t care about all the potential risks of having videos of our indoors saved in a cloud. I don’t have strong arguments to convince him that privacy matters other than “if someone gets that, you could be in trouble” and “it’s like having someone watching you h24” and so on. How can i persuade him?

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I still can't roll my head across the reason as to why a vaccum cleaner needs an account? What is next, account for using the faucet or toaster?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago

Don't give them ideas, ffs

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It seems the question now isn't whether an appliance will get smart features, it's a question of when.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Also whether non-smart versions will remain an option.

[–] 0x0 4 points 4 weeks ago

The fridge wants a word.