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Cake day: September 20th, 2023
  • LemmyPlay@lemmings.worldtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Doorbell anxiety
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    27 days ago

    You have valid concerns. It’s an unfortunate shifting landscape. There’s no opt-out for collection devices you don’t own (it’s hard enough already for the ones you do own) so consent has disintegrated completely. The reflexive reaction is threat model focus and adjusting your expectations of privacy. But what’s becoming more complex at that approach is how widely and with whom the data is being shared. If the doorbell server owner was using it to improve the doorbell product only, it wouldn’t be so concerning. But when it becomes a data harvesting tool for law enforcement or any other company willing to pay, relatively trivial data collection becomes much more imposing since it can be combined with other sources.

    I am not at shirt-over-my-face level yet, but I would feel much more comfortable with a face mask any time I approach an unknown camera, which is increasingly common these days.

  • LemmyPlay@lemmings.worldtoNintendo@lemmy.world•Is your DAMN Wii CONNECTED to the INTERNET yet?English
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    2 years ago

    Whoa, DacoTaco themself! I instantly recognized your name from the homebrewing fun I had with it last year. Thank you for all of you efforts on the WiiU!

    If I had more time I’d love to have contributed to homebrew software but I’m just glad you’ve been able to make the sacrifice for the rest of us. In an increasingly corporate video game world where extracting the last penny is prioritized over the passion of the fans, it’s people like you that keep that magic feeling, that sparked our interest in the first place, alive.