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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Remember the good old days when we just bitched about adding bluetooth or internet connectivity to everything?

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

We’re still complaining about that when it’s in stupid shit. Because it was mainly for spyware purposes. AI is an extension of that same problem.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Someone gave me a Bluetooth umbrella once

[–] TurtleTourParty@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 week ago

Supposedly it had an app that would help find the umbrella if you lost it, and alert you if it was going to rain. I did not download the app so I don't know if it was any good. It was a freebie from a doctor's office

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

IoT was an early AI-type Hypewagon that reached it's inevitable end by disappearing in failed and unused products for the most part. Which also - as predicted - became an attack vector for bot farms. My dryer does not need connectivity - maybe a laundromat or something but that kind of special-use case is exactly what they're not doing.