Who is surprised?

    • AWittyUsername@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I agree but technology hasn’t really been “ours” for a long time. Rooting, jailbreaking, and open source is the only way to take back a modicum of control.

    • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      Because they make it easy and do a few cool things.

      “Do you want a mic in your home that can record everything you say and do and send that data off to wherever the company chooses?”

      “No of course not.”

      “What about of it will also turn your lights on and off and play despacito on demand?”

      “You son of a bitch, sign me up”.

      • njordomir@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        This is also the reason why typing on the TV is so bad and the remote has a huge microphone button on it.

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      2 months ago

      Do you tolerate the TPM/fTPM in your computer? Can you deactivate it? Can you query it? Can you tell it to do something?