this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2025
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you know the computer thing is it plugged in?

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I used to be a tech enthusiast. Used to.

Now if I didn't personally audit the hardware I don't want it on my fucking network. My smartphone, which I only use mobile data on and have the wifi disabled because reasons, is the only smart device I own connected to the internet. I also have 2 roku TVs but they're offline (whytf does my TV need internet, it's literally a monitor for my htpc).

IOT is not bad when you selfhost and manage all the data thats being scraped yourself. But like, fuck corporate IoT stuff

[–] irelephant 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Amazon's alexa smart speakers had a bug a while ago where it would spit out everything it heard, even stuff you didn't say to it.
Fuck corporate IoT indeed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Bug when discussed with the government, feature when discussed with executives.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Bug when discussed with the government

unless thats the NSA, they love this sorta thing