I would press the button on every billboard

In that case, based on the roughly 1.5 billion Windows users, that’ll only affect a mere 75 million users for a feature that’s been there since Windows 95.

If they were using that data, then they would have included features people actually use in 10. Or maybe they’re just doing the inverse of whatever the data suggests.

Microsoft applied a data-driven approach to find out which features to add now, which features to add later, and which to completely avoid.

WHAT DATA?!

At one point we said the same thing about solid state drives

Are you suggesting we use government resources to benefit the masses? Whose side are you on anyway?

This assumes there’s a user accessible option to disable it.

I’m more thinking about government. I gave up on trying to avoid ad tracking forever ago. But if you think a VPN keeps you safe posting “anonymously”, it doesn’t. That’s more what I’m referring to.

The only real advantage you gain is being able to watch things outside your region. Without lots of work, you’re pretty easily traceable on the modern internet.

What’s that guy need so much water for anyway?!?!?

I think there’s a couple of Bond villains with similar setups. Not sure how I feel about that, but felt it was worth mentioning.

Maybe similar to fluoride, there can be a low-concentration version OTC, with the strong professional version only being available directly.

It would be really incredible if they can manage to make this an OTC offering. This is huge.

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It’s a company of less than 10. I’d just be fired.

Like you would unfortunately expect. “I don’t care if they know that stuff.”

This is missing the point that in this example, you have to choose who you’re targeting, find someone at the DMV to bribe, get away with the bribe, and even then, this is limited info.

The difference here is that people are willingly handing their data to the parties that want it, bypassing our DMV buddy entirely.

It’s a case of perfect being the enemy of good. I’m not saying this information isn’t available. I’m saying we shouldn’t be in the habit of handing it out.

These are all things that would need to be individually tracked down or requested and in government-controlled databases. It’s not just the government that has that data now. It’s the camera manufacturer and their 800 partners. And it’s all in one place.

It’s data that individually may not be important to you specifically, but combined, that’s enough information to easily start manipulating you, whether it’s directly or through advertising.

It’s not just about what data is collected, but also who has access.

I explained this to my boss the other day about the cameras he picked up for his house. He was like, “I don’t have anything that I care about them collecting.” To which I mentioned the fact that they now know:

• Where he lives
• What he looks like
• How many devices are on the network
• How many/how old his kids are
• What times they are home
• What types of food they have delivered and how often
• Who they have as guests and how often

The list goes on. There are so many things people can find out about you when you don’t make it easy. Putting a 3rd party camera in your house, though? Now you’re just handing it over.

I won’t be happy until a third of the traffic on the road is driverless zombies going to pick people up who are too lazy to drive themselves or ride a bike. And another third should be cars that are just picking up a box or two for delivery. The remaining third should be exclusively SUVs and pickups too tall to see any passengers, lest they slow down for measly walkers.

One can dream…