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We Could Get Sued for This - Gamers Nexus (lemmy.world)

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This long-form series of special reports, investigations, and shorter format feature updates goes deep with the privacy violations and overreach of modern consumer electronics, including Smart TVs and other devices. We'll explore LG's WebOS, LG Smart TV vulnerabilities and exploits, first-party ACR (automated content recognition) behaviors, and other concerns. Alongside that, we'll dive deeper into ALPRs and Flock cameras as we fight their rollout in at least one small town. We're also digging deep into the data exchange practices between large AI companies, looking into how data sucked into data centers can be exploited for training and profit.

https://www.youtube.com/live/w5KnFmKjFTA

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[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I have multiple young-ish (30s) friends that don't own a phone (not just smartphone; any phone), and basically all people I know above 80 years don't own one either.

You can absolutely live a perfectly fine and good life without a smartphone. You're just drawing the line where it's convenient for you.

Or let's put it in more familiar words...

[Owning a smartphone] is not “participating in society”, this is participating in, contributing to, and directly benefitting from the very thing they’re complaining about.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You can absolutely live a perfectly fine and good life without a smartphone

Your personal anecdotes aside, myself and many others literally cannot . Modern society expects you to own one, including organizations like banks, healthcare, and, possibly most importantly, employers. It's literally mandatory to participate in much of society.

Similarly, my local city has nothing representing public transportation or safe routes for walking or cycling. In addition, in areas where many of the jobs are, housing is obscenely-priced, and completely unaffordable for "normal" people, so living close to work isn't an option either.

No job is going to require you to watch YouTube news.

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It may be initially inconvenient, but you can choose a bank that offers 2FA/TAN beyond the smartphone app.

Not sure what healthcare apps you mean. There's lots of categories, so won't comment without clarification.

Same for employers tbh. Would love an example. (Besides: work apps can't be forced on your private phone in most places.)

I live in "modern society" and do own a smartphone, but I'm aware that it's a convenience, not a necessity.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 1 day ago

I’m aware that it’s a convenience, not a necessity.

For you. For many people it is not. You're projecting your personal experiences onto the rest of the world.