Amazon US customers have one week to opt out of mass wireless sharing
Seems like I recall from waaaay back in college a professor talking about how a lack of response cannot legally be used as consent. Seems like giving you a week to opt out and you don't is a lack of response.
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June 08, 2021, 10:03 AM
ensigmatic
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Originally posted by Rightwire: Seems like I recall from waaaay back in college a professor talking about how a lack of response cannot legally be used as consent. Seems like giving you a week to opt out and you don't is a lack of response.
Except I would almost bet a house payment their TOS includes wording that gives them the right to change those terms without prior notification.
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July 10, 2021, 03:43 PM
Jupiter
Here is a good video that explains what we are facing regarding these mesh networks. It's worth taking the time to watch this.
Hidden Radios in Home Devices (IOT)! The next Cyberthreat
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July 10, 2021, 08:12 PM
vthoky
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Originally posted by Jupiter:
It's worth taking the time to watch this.
Thank you for posting that.
God bless America.
July 11, 2021, 09:43 AM
Graniteguy
Great post Jupiter - 25 minute education with a lot of information.
I think I'll hold on to my "dumb" TV for now.
July 11, 2021, 01:59 PM
preten2b
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Originally posted by vthoky:
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Originally posted by Jupiter:
It's worth taking the time to watch this.
Thank you for posting that.
^^^ +1 wholly chit! After years of all our tinfoil hat jokes this is being portrayed as already being much worse Is this as bad as it sounds, or over hyped??
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July 11, 2021, 02:59 PM
lyman
so that big TV thingy that was in the Batman movie with Morgan Freeman is now basically a reality?
From a privacy perspective, it IS as bad as it sounds. This is what happens when Big Tech becomes a contractor for the U.S. Government. A Win/Win situation for everyone except the consumers.
Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell
Is this as bad as it sounds, or over hyped??