Watching this Apple event tout how iPhones will soon be able to record ambient audio/conversations and transcribe "high level notes" for you. It's billed as private and end-to-end encrypted, but I think the bigger harm is the normalization of always-listening devices. It's creepy and not normal.
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@zackwhittaker It's also a double-edged sword. It makes phones an even juicier target for theft.
@zackwhittaker on a date: soooo, good to meet you, do we now have to frisk each other
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Especially given Apple's plans to go all-in on advertising.
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Growing up with Romanian family, I remember constantly hearing stories about everyone living in fear during communism knowing the walls were always bugged and every word was being taped by the secret police.
Was nobody else paying attention to the creepy things that intelligence agencies (and now private companies) have been doing for the past 80 years? How does anyone hear this and think "yes, I'd love to have everything I do recorded KGB style, that's totally normal"
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Oh yees, it's very good and encrypted and privacious for you... until I enter the room, in which case things get a little more complicated.
@zackwhittaker Apple is surely gonna port this to Macs too.
@zackwhittaker We Comepltely agree, reminds me of 1984 Big Brother.
On the other hand.
At home or for Your Personal work.
You deserve, Privacy and Security.
Private and Secure by default.
You can thank us later.
@zackwhittaker it definitely feels unnecessary but tbh if anyone wanted to spy on people it’s not that hard to do it and have the audio. I guess the downside is it possibly captures more but burns more battery / disk space.
@zackwhittaker these will be disallowed in schools.
@zackwhittaker ASI cannot be a god without be omniscient.
@zackwhittaker where is the anti-tech tech? The jammers, the voice scramblers, the green laser glasses. Becuase I would pay good money for that shit. Clearly my privacy is being undone by foolishly associating with other humans.
...and I reckon a nice big pair of laser glasses would fix that
@zackwhittaker watched the event and thought: Apple Watch feature not legal in Germany… then I remembered an official statement about Meta Glasses „all fine, not hidden as there is this bright LED…“
As Apple explained their privacy approach I nevertheless am still holding my option - not gonna work that way
@zackwhittaker Are they just chasing LG's #datamining tactics, or are they just continuing the #TechBros amalgamation during the US Administration's inauguration?
Will the next of the .01% be angling to ride the momentum of the #ClimateCRISIS and corner the #energy markets, to build the very best luxury bunkers for them and theirs, while the rest of us choke on #Capitalism?
@zackwhittaker shady