A Verge story on hacking your robot vacuum so it doesn’t phone home.

  • m_r_butts@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    My stance is to just not own one of the fucking things. There’s your harm elimination. There is no data collected for me to protect.

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          1 year ago

          What happens in 20 years when you need a new car and all of them have connectivity, even the oldest second hand ones?

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            1 year ago

            I’m trying to make the best choices I can right now. In 20 years, assuming I’m still alive, I’ll try to make the best choices available to me then – which will probably be to still drive a car from circa Y2K. Cars don’t just turn to dust after 40 years. People today are absolutely horny for cars from the 50s and 60s.