Agreed that ultimately it's about maximising profit.
Selling eyes and ears implies that those eyes and ears are open. I just feel that despite all the monitoring, the middleman had zero clue of the end-users' interests. And so they are misleading their paying customers.
Yeap but if you kick them in the head just enough so that they're easier to persuade to consume more services but not enough so that they have motor control issues and can't reach for their wallets, it's all good.
Pretty sure this is the model bars/pubs use when they serve alcohol.
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Hopefully soon afterwards it will be illegal for humans to engage in politics.
*strokes cat*
Hello? Russia is elections and other 'hacking.'
*sigh*
*deletes slashdot account*
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Just stupid.
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Taking control of the webcam whilst the ones and zeroes are being downloaded?
"We'll defend our IP even if we bankrupt ourselves doing it!"
I wonder if we could have the censorship lifted in our 'progressive western democracies?'
It's definitely Trump's fault. Not all the spying, black-ops / covert wars etc since the beginning of time.
Makes mental note to avoid Oculus products from now on...
+1 interesting
Does Google Actually Make Us Dumber?
Lol, land of the free... free from freedom.
Get back to molesting people, TSA goon.
No one 'has' authority. The behaviour of others towards you demonstrates their belief that you have authority.
Any apparent authority descends from illegitimate power-grabs.
Umm, may I have my iPhone back so that I might call the police?
Umm, that's not humane. Plus it might damage any oil/mineral reserves.
Incidental gain of oil.
Agreed that ultimately it's about maximising profit.
Selling eyes and ears implies that those eyes and ears are open. I just feel that despite all the monitoring, the middleman had zero clue of the end-users' interests. And so they are misleading their paying customers.
If they were smart, criminals would join the 'authority' team so they could commit horrific crimes 'in the name of freedom, security and democracy.'
Yeap but if you kick them in the head just enough so that they're easier to persuade to consume more services but not enough so that they have motor control issues and can't reach for their wallets, it's all good.
Pretty sure this is the model bars/pubs use when they serve alcohol.
Yeap but as usual, the principled stands of the few will be overshadow by the inertia of the majority so NetFlix won't get the message. Or will they?