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Re:Google says Nest’s built-in mic not listed in specs was n... by kmlx on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @04:05AM (#19206650)
who's "concerned about their privacy" and why?
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Re:Google says Nest’s built-in mic not listed in specs was n... by atoav on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @04:44PM (#19212300)
Privacy is a important factor in the stability of free democratic societies.

Today we have a asymmetry of transparency: institutions and companies are intransparent while the individual isn’t. This assymetry in information translates into an asymmetry of power.

The traditional way citizen of free societies dealt with asymmetries of power was to divide them.

A government could easily sentence and jail anybody if it weren’t for some strangely roundabout rules that made this hard.

The privacy movement is part of a powerplay between individuals and entities that go beyond single persons.

Of course you also have those who think it is about their dick pics..

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Re:Google says Nest’s built-in mic not listed in specs was n... by AlexandrB on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @12:34PM (#19209846)
"The cause is in my will."[1] It's no one's business why I don't want FAANG snooping on me. That's what a right to privacy means.

[1] http://shakespeare.mit.edu/julius_caesar/julius_caesar.2.2.h...

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