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   Anne Deschaine (aehdeschaine@zirk.us)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 23:26:20 JST Anne Deschaine

   Been thinking a lot about how unfriendly my neighborhood (okay, the increasingly pricey single-family homes further into my neighborhood) feels the more Ring cameras go in.

   Now I'm thinking about how "obey in advance" is such a moot point when it comes to consumer security technology. People ate that up and now the residential areas in which we should be building resilience with neighbors have a ready-made authoritarian surveillance net instead.

   #USpol

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     valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 23:26:17 JST valhalla

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     • Cleo of Topless Topics
     @toplesstopics @aehdeschaine there was mycroft, but apparently the project has died or something, and it never reached a level where random non-nerd people could just use it, of course :(
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     Cleo of Topless Topics (toplesstopics@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 23:26:18 JST Cleo of Topless Topics

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     @aehdeschaine
     Until my dad died two weeks ago, I was so on the fence about getting an Alexa or something similar, because he JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND how to use ANY device using his hands, no matter how I dressed it up with color coding and tactile buttons. I mean, a single-button toddler's walkie talkie confused him. Man I wish we had accessibility options for people who can't handle anything visual or tactile, that didn't constantly spy on you and send your data who knows where.

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     Anne Deschaine (aehdeschaine@zirk.us)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 23:26:19 JST Anne Deschaine

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     I am no infosec or other security expert, but I've always hated visiting homes with smart assistant devices. At this point, I would honestly be tempted to tell friends and family that I won't step foot inside if those are present.

     I know this is an ironic statement since I do own a smartphone. I don't know how far I can draw the line. But I figure starting with the Alexas is better than nothing.

     #USpol

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     Mar (marews@autistics.life)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 02:01:32 JST Mar

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     @aehdeschaine this is a very good observation.

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     Anne Deschaine (aehdeschaine@zirk.us)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 02:01:32 JST Anne Deschaine

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     • Mar

     @marews I wish it wasn't such a depressing one!

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     Cleo of Topless Topics (toplesstopics@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 02:02:03 JST Cleo of Topless Topics

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     @valhalla
     That's the problem with non-capitalist tech ventures... No money for a user-friendly interface speciality department, so the only people seeing the tech are deep in the tech world and won't understand the limitations non-tech people face in trying to use it 🙃 (I can barely use mastodon, and certainly haven't found a concise and unintimidating way to explain how hashtags [don't] work, to convince other non-computer-programmers to join)
     @aehdeschaine

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