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Re:Welcome to the neighbourhood, have you read the terms of ... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @12:51PM (#16215545)
Thing is, most of that isn't dystopian. I can sort of buy people feeling orwellian about Alexa or Google Assistant - but as it is now, most IoT is just random startups hoping that if they abuse some users through a SaaS, they'll get to be the next Google. It never works out, and we're left with tons of electronic junk, that shouldn't even exist in the first place.
Re:Welcome to the neighbourhood, have you read the terms of ... by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @01:17PM (#16215832)
>most of that isn't dystopian

Remember that time a city in CA sent Cointelpro-esqe letters to the registered owner for vehicles their plate readers recorded going down a particular street?

There's nothing that prevents similar bad behavior from HOAs or cities/towns that have access to other data sets.

I don't want a HOA sending me brochures about recycling because my smart house reports that my ratio of trash to recyclables doesn't meet some arbitrary value. What goes on within the privacy my home is my business and mine alone to the fullest extent possible.

You can't abuse a data set you don't have. The value to society vs the potential harm of many datasets is so low they shouldn't exist at all.

Re:Welcome to the neighbourhood, have you read the terms of ... by alsetmusic on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @03:17PM (#16217226)
> Remember that time a city in CA sent Cointelpro-esqe letters to the registered owner for vehicles their plate readers recorded going down a particular street?

No, I don’t. I’m guessing others might not, as well. Can you please supply a link?

Re:Welcome to the neighbourhood, have you read the terms of ... by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @12:32PM (#16224482)
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3011394/security/las-p...

It was the first result so it might not be the best article.