These arricles are meant to be rage bait for the techno-illiterate. As you said, cell phones mapped your house long ago as well as your smart TV, or any appliance that requires an internet connection.
Both can be true. Probably shouldn’t make a regular practice of numbing out to this sort of info with the platitude “Big deal, my phone and facebook already have my data anyway. Might as well give you my mother’s maiden name.”
These arricles are meant to be rage bait for the techno-illiterate. As you said, cell phones mapped your house long ago as well as your smart TV, or any appliance that requires an internet connection.
People traded in their privacy for convenience.
Both can be true. Probably shouldn’t make a regular practice of numbing out to this sort of info with the platitude “Big deal, my phone and facebook already have my data anyway. Might as well give you my mother’s maiden name.”
Privacy is not worthless just being one bad actor took it. It still is worth pursuing in all layers where possible.
+1 Indeed!