Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/01/06/dont-put-cctvs-in-yr-home.html
…
1 Like
Big Brother is watching, and his siblings are too.
2 Likes
How long until everyone blocks everyone else from everything? Last summer something peculiar happened when I logged on the website for a credit card I recently opened. I had only put one large expense on it (signed up for the 0% promo period). But I noticed a number of other charges on it. One was for Taco John’s, and there aren’t any remotely near me. I was shocked, someone had gotten into my account!
Logged out. Logged in the next day, everything was fine. No trace of those charges. Everything was fine. I think what really happened was the website glitched me a glimpse into someone else’s account.
The Net is so delicate, everything is separated by tissue-thin membranes, everything is tied in knots. It can’t keep going in this direction and not break.
5 Likes
I know that is not
technically a haiku
but, man, it should be
11 Likes
“The 'Net is so frail
kept apart by mere tissue
yet tied up in knots”
7 Likes
Now I’m a lil worried about my Reason ONE Smart Alarm clock. It’s a Xiaomi-manufactured, Alexa-enabled product I’m only using because I wanted a living room clock that tells accurate time. I understand this post is about Google Home, but if they made similar mistakes with their Alexa integration…
There’s an XKCD for that. Just substitute Xiaomi-made [object] for “voting software.”
Actually, just include anything with (Smart) in front of it. SmartTVs, SmartDishwashers, SmartJuicers, etc.
3 Likes
One might question the validity of the first panel:
Perhaps the problem isn’t entirely with the engineers, but the people directing their work. (However, as a software developer, I will agree with the fourth panel)
1 Like
True enough. This is also true: when it does break (capital B), I’m pretty sure we’re gonna pretend nothing happened and put the pedal to the metal once more!
1 Like
Xiaomi has since issued a statement saying that they had “has always prioritized our users’ privacy and information security,” and that a Dec 26 update had caused the problem, but only for users with “poor network conditions” (the bug came from a cacheing system).
Ah yes, classical big tech speak. Let’s see, when I run this thru my trusty toddler speak decipher tool, comes out as “we didn’t do it! you did it!”
This topic was automatically closed after 5 days. New replies are no longer allowed.
