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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Hacking your robot vacuum (www.theverge.com)

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A Verge story on hacking your robot vacuum so it doesn't phone home.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You're not wrong. At a certain point it becomes exhausting. However please don't lose sight of the fact that this is exactly what company's want. They want us to give up all of our data because it's too inconvenient to be upset about it.

So yes, there is likely a line drawn for when having to flash all your devices with custom firmware becomes not worth it for the individual, however the amount of data that gets collected from "smart" devices is absolutely fucking disgusting and we desperately need actual comprehensive data privacy laws.

I'd say it's about harm reduction at this point rather than harm elimination. Do what you reasonably can to protect your privacy but don't let your mental health suffer because you're paranoid that someone is going to hack your robot vacuum.