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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Jul-2025 06:17:42 JST Paul Cantrell

   • Faintdreams

   Re this from @Faintdreams:

   When you hear it’s a “smart device,” ask: “Smart for whom?” https://dice.camp/@Faintdreams/114936165516652932

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Jul-2025 06:18:47 JST Paul Cantrell

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     (Hint: the answer to that question is almost certainly “a bunch of investors who would suck the blood from your body if it earned them another 0.0002% ROI.”)

     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) repeated this.
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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Jul-2025 06:21:52 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Nick Lockwood

     Riffing on this from @nicklockwood:
     https://mastodon.social/@nicklockwood/114935447469872678

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     BlueDot🇺🇦 (bluedot@left-tusk.com)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Jul-2025 07:02:33 JST BlueDot🇺🇦

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     • Nick Lockwood

     @inthehands

     Same goes for "trusted," as in "trusted computing," which generally means the maker of the device can trust it to watch out for their interests rather than the user's.

     @nicklockwood