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Surveillance: too cheap to meter

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Either we slap a stiff tax on surveillance data, or we learn to love the panopticon.

 

Reply to: Re:Right to privacy at home is not enough

    (Score: 4, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Thursday February 17 2022, @09:55PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 17 2022, @09:55PM (#1222607) Homepage

    Privacy in the home isn't even respected. All the work-at-home people are expected to install software capable of surveillance. Remote schooling requires surveillance software. A recent article tells that advertisers want to track your eye movement to ensure that you are watching the advertisements. It's been decades since televisions incorporated the tech to count how many bodies are in the room, and even how many eyes were on the screen. Alexa, Siri, Nest, and all the rest are collecting data inside your home, 24/7. Countless stories have been told about a private conversation resulting in advertising related to that conversation.

    After sex pillow talk between you and your special other about chafing results in advertisements for lubricants? How much more invasive can tech get?

    There are always eyes and ears on you, unless you actively avoid today's "technical marvels". Your fridge, your heat and air, your dishwasher, your clothes washer and dryer, every appliance in the home can report on you.

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