AxisExperience9

No you're right and you make great points. I don't actually want to believe that these are just evil companies looking for any and all ways to profit off of us. It can just come off that way for sure. But I liked your breakdown and understanding of things

I think Xfinity routers began doing that actually. Here's directly from their website: https://www.xfinity.com/hub/smart-home/wifi-motion

If there wasn't any value in it I don't see why it's getting implemented at all, but it is and it exists.

I hate to use the slippery slope argument but I'm tired of forcing myself to believe that these private companies are moral have any reason to protect us. They don't. It feels like everything is about power and control, from flock and axon to this router tracking shit. if it doesn't make sense, it's because it's not supposed to, and the feature being implemented has ulterior motives

Edit: and yes I know they say they don't track your movements but these companies lie all the time. I'm not just going to take that at face value. It's time to start treating these companies like the biggest liars on earth (because they kind of are) until they've earned our trust back

Use Faraday pouches or leave your phone at home this Halloween. Flock cams gather Bluetooth, cellular, and WiFi data as you pass by them

I say this as a big technology lover and enthusiast, but we "can't tech our way out" of most issues in our society, but that seems to be the trend lately

Let's normalize categorizing this sort of behavior as non-dickish. Now, more than ever, and especially on the internet, we should be questioning everything we see. We must stop passively ingesting everything we see on the internet as fact. So good on you for questioning.

edit: grammar

Close, its "the infographics show" channel, but now that I think about it, both channels have pretty similar art styles