You never *really* own smart devices.

This is an excellent example of how the #SurveillanceEconomy works with #IoT #smartdevices

The manufacturer has built in the sale of customer data to their business model. So if you block the transmission of that data back to them then they brick your device.

Despite you never consenting to having that data harvested in the first place!

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/manufacturer-issues-remote-kill-command-to-nuke-smart-vacuum-after-engineer-blocks-it-from-collecting-data-user-revives-it-with-custom-hardware-and-python-scripts-to-run-offline

And this kind of #metadata is used to triangulate your #data in anonymised data batches 😞

You never *really* own smart devices.

This is an excellent example of how the #SurveillanceEconomy works with #IoT #smartdevices

The manufacturer has built in the sale of customer data to their business model. So if you block the transmission of that data back to them then they brick your device.

Despite you never consenting to having that data harvested in the first place!

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/manufacturer-issues-remote-kill-command-to-nuke-smart-vacuum-after-engineer-blocks-it-from-collecting-data-user-revives-it-with-custom-hardware-and-python-scripts-to-run-offline

And this kind of #metadata is used to triangulate your #data in anonymised data batches 😞

Here's to the crazy ones. The digital revolutionaries. The #fediverse builders. The ones who see social media differently.

They're not fond of #BigTech. And they have no respect for the #SurveillanceEconomy.

You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.

Because they change things.

While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.

Because the people crazy enough to think they can change social media, are the ones who do.

Here's to the crazy ones. The digital revolutionaries. The #fediverse builders. The ones who see social media differently.

They're not fond of #BigTech. And they have no respect for the #SurveillanceEconomy.

You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.

Because they change things.

While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.

Because the people crazy enough to think they can change social media, are the ones who do.