Why I don't recommend or believe in any Connected Services

[tacorancher]

The issue is not whether you’ve got something to hide or if your data is valuable in a vacuum. The issue is whether it’s your right to choose what a large corporation does with your personal data.

Is it your right to decide if they use your data to send you unsolicited advertisements? Is it your right to decide if they sell your data to marketers? Is it your right to decide if your data can be used for monitoring your activities and your family? Is it your right to decide if an insurance company can use your data to charge you higher rates? Is it your right to decide if your data can be used by law enforcement to track you? Is it your right to decide if your data can be given to the government?

My view is that it is your right. And you should be able to exercise it with transparency.

Many companies are responsible and transparent. But you should always be cautious.

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[ixo]

Whatever.

Having nothing to hide, and having some creep watching you through your kitchen window as you eat dinner every night, then combing through your garbage as it sits on the curb, before finally selling this info to other creeps is not the same thing. Just because I'm not a criminal doesn't mean I want a police squad following me around and teams of lawyers reading every text I send.

This blasé attitude is the worst. Like when a cop pulls you over, tries to violate your 4th ammendment rights, and then asks why you have an attitude. They're RIGHTS, use and protect them.

 

[Crazy Mary’s Husband]

I welcome the spying with open arms. My spank bank alone should give them nightmares.

 

[franx]

Your mobile phone is already tracking you and everything they pull from it is being sold. Google, Apple, Verizon, ATT etc are all sucking up all the data they can from everyone. Dont you think places like Amazon isnt harvesting every item you click on or purchase to resell or use to target you? Data on individuals is the new currency, get used to it.

 

[izzy]

I'd be very open to an open-source remote window status/door lock status solution if it means I could yank the antenna the truck uses to communicate with Toyota.

Even if it was just read-only and could tell me if the windows/doors were open or closed, it would still be useful, with less spying.

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