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What's your personal little conspiracy theory? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'll go first: r/kitty. One of the hundred grillion cat subs back on Reddit, the culture in this one was you posted a cat picture, and the only word allowed in the title or in any comments or replies was "Kitty."

Someone is using that subreddit for covert communications, I just know it. Either on the level of "if u/PM_me_your_nostrils posts an orange cat, we attack at dawn!" or there's some steganography going on with the pictures, but that subreddit was too stupid to be as active as it was.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The addition of microphones and cameras to things like phones, computers, watches and other technology is to normalize being surveiled as well as minimize other privacy violations. We now have fridges that have WiFi capabilities now and often in the presence of some sort of device with a camera due to phones.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure they said conspiracy theory, not fact. At this point it's so believable if a theory it might as well be fact, in my opinion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well I guess for me is wondering if this trend started because people thought it would be either functional or cool vs businesses being malicious and their aim was more surveillance tolerance?

People dont think its weird to have a camera on a laptop or phone anymore. Instead, people sometimes are now buying phones for the picture quality... And fridges with WiFi because the tech is cool or something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Fridges with computers in them but we someone missed the boat on pervasive RFID in food containers and maintaining in stock of my shit. It should be able to tell my milk is 1/4 full and 2 days from expiration and add it to an order that shows up when my calendar says I'll be home but no what do we get? Something with 1/2 the lifespan which can play youtube videos and show you how much beer you have from the couch from its webcam.

Why even bother.