Re:$17 smartwatch sends something to random Chinese IP address
by mikeash on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @02:09PM
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Seems like there could have been a little more effort figuring out where this IP address is and what's being sent.
Re:$17 smartwatch sends something to random Chinese IP address
by wepple on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @04:19PM
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agree; a device cheaper than a steak connecting to an IP address isn't news - just because it's a Chinese IP address doesn't mean you've got awesome presentation material.
Re:$17 smartwatch sends something to random Chinese IP address
by zardo on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @06:05PM
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I doubt the IP address is random in either case.
Re:$17 smartwatch sends something to random Chinese IP address
by mryan on Thursday March 03, 2016 @03:11AM
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Of course not. Perhaps "arbitrary IP address" would have been more precise phrasing, but I doubt many people though OP was suggesting that the IP address was literally random.
Re:$17 smartwatch sends something to random Chinese IP address
by ApplaudPumice on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @02:20PM
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Don't forget that the Chinese (or any other country) are terrorists.
Re:$17 smartwatch sends something to random Chinese IP address
by forgottenpass on Thursday March 03, 2016 @10:19AM
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You're right. Even though I aimed my criticism at a market that is unreasonably trusting of locals, I think the reason this is news is fueled by distrust of the Chinese in specific and foreigners in general.
Dunno why you're so downvoted. Is the HN audience too thick to see your point, or was it using language too close to IRL politics?
In this case there just aren't any English speakers to show up in the press and spit sophistry about how a stopwatch app needs to exfiltrate your entire contacts book for business reasons and "you clicked OK so fuck you."