Gregory's ServerHere's one for @internetofshit: Man locked out of smart home for a week after delivery driver accuses him of being racist
‘Unexpected and unwarranted’ exile began after Amazon driver misheard a response from a smart doorbell
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@kcarruthers @internetofshit I think this brings up all kinds of questions about the nature of property rights and what ownership means. He (and everyone with smart devices) doesn’t have the property rights he thinks he does. This is adjacent to questions about right to repair, and those printers that become bricks. @IcooIey @kcarruthers @internetofshit If you buy these devices you give up a lot of control - not for me @IcooIey @kcarruthers @internetofshit These devices require an internet connection because very little processing happens inside the device. Mostly they just exist to send audio to Amazon, where it is then analyzed and acted upon. Property rights don't cover access to online services.   @kcarruthers This encapsulates a number of reason why I don't own many "smart" devices and disable all the alexas an bixbys and whatever else they call their monitors...  @kcarruthers @internetofshit there's not a single good technical reason why smart home devices have to rely on remote servers for anything at all. Want to control the thing from outside of your home network? Get a static IP or use a dynamic DNS service, problem solved. |
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Although it could be Pohl, or PKD, Sheckley or almost anyone writing between 1955-65.
I need to go play some happy music :-)