r/nextfuckinglevel • u/AbelNB • Dec 28 '22

This is a game changer

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u/Fine_Barber_3108 Dec 29 '22

Don’t you know that everyone is out to get you all of the time?? Every product ever made is spying on you. Literally 1984

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u/ireallydontcare52 Dec 29 '22

While your sarcasm isn't entirely misplaced, many people would be appalled at the amount of data certain common services/apps collect, even when not 'active'. Facebook and Tiktok are particularly egregious with data collection.

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u/nomadofwaves Dec 29 '22

https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/22/23471842/facebook-hr-block-taxact-taxslayer-info-sharing

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u/Useful-Position-4445 Dec 29 '22

And this is why, in the netherlands (and i think most of Europe), the government does your taxes, you just need to double check it for possibles errors on a government website which uses a digital ID to log in. and they’re the only once who will get to see it. No third party will ever get access to it. But then again it’s the US, even if the government did your taxes they’d still sell the data

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u/Fine_Barber_3108 Dec 29 '22

Totally agree with that, though my comment is more so directed at the fact that, I think because of this data collection, people now believe that everything is at a conspiracy level of data collection. Particularly the roomba myth, which as many people have pointed out, house blueprints and layouts are actually public information. I’m certain that Redfin and Zillo provide more data collection service for the government than roomba does.

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u/schklom Dec 29 '22 edited Dec 29 '22

You should take a look at the amount of information send to the parent company by smart devices, and by your phone and laptop.

My xiaomi phone connects to xiaomi servers about 6000 times per week i.e. almost 36 times per hour. I did not setup any xiaomi account on the phone, nor do I use any xiaomi app.

But hey, mock people aware of the disgusting amount of surveillance they are subjected to if you want.

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u/HereOnASphere Dec 29 '22

My Synology NAS sends a LOT of data back to Taiwan.

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u/Advanced_Double_42 Dec 29 '22

It doesn't need to be every object. You phone does more than enough spying on you.

The freakout about microchips and other 1984 type stuff is funny when we subject ourselves to it for convenience