Re:Google Home
by coldtea on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @10:40PM
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>I'm amazed that people still feel this level of paranoia about stuff, when they have a clear option: do not use the product.
Maybe because people are not islands, and don't think like isolated solipsists but also worry about the wider social implications of a technology?
Them not using a troublesome product won't solve that -- and it might not even solve the implications for them (e.g. like your friends can still tag you on photos on Facebook, even if you don't have an account there). Or you know, visiting a friend's house who has the device.
>The very fact that someone is watching the keynote and going "oh my Gawd, the level of intrusion" at every turn, kind of tells me they are interested in having the features but don't want to provide the data. Otherwise you wouldn't even be watching the keynote. Am I missing something?
Yes. 30+ years of data abuses and privacy encroachment by advertisers.
It's not a paid service with siloed data used only for the service's purpose -- rather the service is the lure to gather even more data for targeted marketing/ads.
Maybe because people are not islands, and don't think like isolated solipsists but also worry about the wider social implications of a technology?
Them not using a troublesome product won't solve that -- and it might not even solve the implications for them (e.g. like your friends can still tag you on photos on Facebook, even if you don't have an account there). Or you know, visiting a friend's house who has the device.
>The very fact that someone is watching the keynote and going "oh my Gawd, the level of intrusion" at every turn, kind of tells me they are interested in having the features but don't want to provide the data. Otherwise you wouldn't even be watching the keynote. Am I missing something?
Yes. 30+ years of data abuses and privacy encroachment by advertisers.
It's not a paid service with siloed data used only for the service's purpose -- rather the service is the lure to gather even more data for targeted marketing/ads.