Protecting children online is crucial, but forcing every user to hand over their ID is a privacy nightmare waiting to happen, according to the head of the Swiss privacy firm
IoT can run on LAN, and anyone who uses it should be self-hosting.
That being said, most people just trade privacy for convenience by signing up for corporate services. And that gives the tech companies more leverage over those people because “upload your ID or else your alexa won’t work.”
Tech companies have no qualms with making your things non-functional unless you give in to their stipulations…
They can’t really do that or else their “Internet of Things” won’t function.
IoT can run on LAN, and anyone who uses it should be self-hosting.
That being said, most people just trade privacy for convenience by signing up for corporate services. And that gives the tech companies more leverage over those people because “upload your ID or else your alexa won’t work.”
Tech companies have no qualms with making your things non-functional unless you give in to their stipulations…
I dunno I thought the whole point was to spy on people?
My devices are restricted from accessing the Internet, of course.