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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by vearwhershuh on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:03PM (#22130615)
My fear is that the only way to get decent industrial design, like the nest, is to finance it with consumer spying.
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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by bluGill on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:28PM (#22130898)
My thermostat from 1990 still works fine. It will have to continue to work fine for a while longer until I can trust more modern ones. If you connect to the internet you have no business controlling my house's heat. I'm not paying $$$ to someone to get my heat back on.
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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by dmix on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:52PM (#22131140)
Well that's the current standard model so that's understandable. But I think consumers, especially early adopters and even Apple execs, are becoming conscious of the need and demand for privacy.

If I was a VC I'd be looking for someone to invest in which offers both modern digitized equipment without the total privacy/security sacrifice.

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