[[Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming it improperly shared users’ information with Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm used by the Trump campaign]]
Wondering about things like I-Roomba which apparently spies on people in the privacy of their own homes without their knowing it?
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4119974/posts
That’s about three bucks apiece. Take out the lawyers fees, and it is a little bit less probably. That’s if everybody comes forward, I suppose. Our freedom and privacy is worth two dollars and some change? Why anybody still goes to Facebook is a mystery to me. It must be mega addictive.
Meta was developed for spying, after Facebook restrictions.
Someone gave me an Echo Show for Christmas and was very excited to tell me about all the ways it could help me manage my digital smart home. Step one was to download an Amazon app to set up and manage the device on my phone. I asked them if they would like to watch the Mr. Robot episode where hackers took over a Smart Home and killed the owner so they could use her house for their operations base. Their answer, “You can tell it to turn off.” Seriously? All conversations or interactions with the Show are recorded on your app for “your convenience.” This is not an opt-in decision. You must delete conversations from your app. People need to stop exchanging personal information for a tad bit of effort.