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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsFrom a German newspaper (I translated), Here is our/your future (fair warning--scary!)
THIS IS OUR FUTURE
From a German newspaper:
Hello, is this Giovannis Pizza Service?
No, this is Google Pizza Service.
Sorry, I must have dialed the wrong number?
No, Google has bought this number.
OK, then I would like to order
Would you like the usual?
The usual? How would you know?
According to our records, the last twelve times you called, you ordered a pizza with cheese, sausage and a thick crust.
OK, that is exactly what I want.
Might I suggest that this time, you order a pizza with Ricotta, rucola and dried tomatoes?
NO! I hate vegetables
But your cholesterol count is not good.
How would you know that?
From your health profile. We have your blood tests of the last seven years.
OK, but I dont want that pizza. I have already taken my medication.
You havent taken it regularly. Four months ago, you bought a 30 tablet box from an online pharmacy.
I have shopped in another pharmacy.
That wasnt deducted from your credit card account.
I paid cash.
According to your bank statement, you havent withdrawn enough cash to do that.
I have other sources of money.
You last tax return doesnt indicate that, so you are talking about undeclared income.
TO HELL WITH YOU! Enough! Ive had it up to here with Google, Facebook, Twitter, Whats App, and Konsorte. Im going to an island where theres no internet, no telephones, and where no one can spy on me.
We understand completely, but before you do that, you will have to renew your passport. Your last one expired five years ago.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,503 posts)Naturally, there would be a few satellite images of islands fitting the bill. High-res, of course. Can't leave anyone untracked.
DFW
(54,451 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)statistically anomalous 'accidents' and the last words you hear are "resistance IS futile."
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)I've wondered about all those home electronic gizmos that are being sold to streamline our daily living routines through an interface with all sorts of communication devices. Who else might be tracking what we do every minute of the day, and what could they do with all that data?
DFW
(54,451 posts)I thought he was nuts to want one. The Belgian authorities run up hundred of thousands of euros in debt with their telecom collecting useless reams of information about their citizens. Probably plenty of others in the EU, too. It's just that in Belgium, they were careless enough to let the information slip out.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)It's bad enough that Alexa can hear and see you around the house. there are now cameras and microphones in some kid's toys.
Most people have heard of the Internet of Things, or IoT. With the holidays fast approaching, and with the onslaught of new smart and Internet-connected smart toys, for parents and toy manufacturers, at least for the next few weeks "IoT" means the Internet of Toys.
Smart toys first sparked interest in 2015 when Hello Barbie a connected-smart doll was introduced. Hello Barbie came equipped with a microphone, voice recognition software and artificial intelligence that allowed a call-and-response function between the child user and the doll (think how Siri works). The backlash and hacking concerns loomed so large Hello Barbie got its own Twitter hashtag, #HellNoBarbie.
There are many reasons why these toys/wearables are problematic and the privacy issues for each are analyzed differently based on functionality. Some that function like the Amazon Echo, and unlike Smartphones, are always on, and blend into the background of their users' daily lives. They also collect a significant amount of personal information, some of it legally-protected, especially in the context of information about children and/or from children. Many are so sophisticated they are able to adapt to a child user's actions and process information from many sensors through the use of microphones, voice sensors, cameras, compasses, gyroscopes, radio transmitters, or Bluetooth. Connected toys connect to the Internet, which allows remote servers to collect data to power the toy's intelligence functionality.
procon
(15,805 posts)RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)This is our not too distant future.
I've often wondered/worried about how much my mail carrier must know about me. This takes that to a whole 'nother level.