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• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yep. Until you can’t find non-garbage products anymore because 95% of everyone else is dumb enough to fall for it.

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  • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I was just making this point with a laissez faire capitalism coworker. Bro just cannot understand the invisible hand is very often wrong.

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    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s funny to hear. I’d actually say this kind of thing is unusual, and people do know what’s in their own best interest the vast majority of the time. If you genuinely want to buy MDMA or rent a toothbrush, I’d say you should probably be allowed to, so in that way I’m in the picture. I’m not neatly in any political camp, though.

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      • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        and people do know what’s in their own best interest the vast majority of the time.

        Is that true if the vast majority of people are either uninformed or apathetic?

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  • pimento64@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    For example, try buying a television in a retail store that doesn’t have “smart” features at all, just inputs, outputs, and a digital tuner.

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    • Turret3857@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I wish. I really do. I want it so badly. My TV upgrades over the past 4 years have all been thrift store finds because I refuse to be forced to buy a device that WILL be obsolete one day.

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      • pimento64@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You can buy display panels, and Sceptre TVs still have non-smart options.

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      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        From what I’ve heard, the move is to substitute in a monitor.

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• Turret3857@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Find me a new car in 2024 that doesnt store every GPS coordinate you’ve driven at for eternity. Genuinely, I’d like to see the non-garbage option because my '04 is getting old.

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  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If I buy a new car, I’m going to have to figure out how to lobotomise it. At the very least, you should be able to mess up or cage any transmitters.

    I have no idea if that’s possible without taking the whole thing apart, though.

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    • Turret3857@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      As far as I am aware, most of them aren’t directly transmitting data back to the manufacturer, but the data is stored on the car so if you ever have it worked on the dealership can just pull that shit without consent. I could be wrong though, maybe there are cars now that are doing that. I do know that a a lot of cars are taking the iPhone route of having “encrypted” parts, where if one is missing or replaced, the car just won’t work.

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