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Bytemeister@lemmy.world 20 hours agoYou say that, until your hammer data is used to detect improper use, which your employer’s insurance can use to deny a claim.
Or it can be used to void a warranty. Or it could detect G-forces of your commute to work and raise your car insurance rates for hard accelerations. Or a biometric sensor in the handle can tell your boss if you can work another 30 minutes before there is a financially significant risk of heatstroke.
You get the idea, that data is useless, until some hairbrained jackass packages it and sells it’s to an even more unscrupulous asshole.
BilSabab@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
i wonder why the governments haven’t close this shop given how fucked up this whole thing is… oh wait…
AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Psssst. They’re “in on it.”
BilSabab@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
yeah. fuck this shit!
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
BilSabab@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
just how fucked up it can get?
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Period tracking apps are selling the data of minors to states where abortion is illegal in order to to see if they become pregnant (or un-pregnant).
Need I go on?