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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by justAnotherNET on Thursday January 23, 2020 @01:38PM (#22130324)
1984 imagined a horrific world where the government forced you to install listening devices in your home.

Meanwhile in 2020 we purchase them ourselves because we don’t want to flip light switches.

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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by blaser-waffle on Thursday January 23, 2020 @01:59PM (#22130562)
Brave New World is probably a better dystopian comparison than 1984.

More "oppression-by-comfort" than "boot-on-face-forever".

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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by ghostcluster on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:02PM (#22130604)
Every time Orwell's 1984 is mentioned on the Internet it gets this exact followup comment about Brave New World. Not saying it's wrong, but this is just some kind of law of internet discussions.
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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by pmiller2 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:43PM (#22131050)
IMO, that's because the world is headed toward a techno-dystopia that lies somewhere between 1984 and Brave New World.
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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by markdown on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:21PM (#22130802)
ghostcluster's law.
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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by polynomial on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:13PM (#22132135)
Postman's Law.
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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by pixl97 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:10PM (#22130678)
Oppression by comfort comes first, oppression by boot comes second after you decide the comfort isnt worth it.
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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by bittercynic on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:46PM (#22131083)
It's much cheaper that way. If most fall in line in exchange for comfort, you don't need to pay for nearly as many boots on faces.
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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by Razengan on Thursday January 23, 2020 @07:47PM (#22134198)
Until you have robot armies you don’t need to pay, period.
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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by api on Thursday January 23, 2020 @03:56PM (#22131919)
I've heard it put this way: the dystopia we're building is Brave New World unless you truly get in the way, in which case it rapidly becomes 1984.
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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by planetzero on Thursday January 23, 2020 @01:56PM (#22130517)
That's why the message from Fahrenheit 451 was more apt to 2020: It's not the government that creates a dystopian future, it's us.
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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by jimmaswell on Thursday January 23, 2020 @03:21PM (#22131505)
The government at least ostensibly needs a warrant to access your communications to a smart device. Mandatory government surveillance and opt-in convenience products are not on the same plane.
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