Based over what has been leaked, announced, or passed as pork barrel since 9/11, its probably time a tin foil hat factory was created to speed up the issuance of said hats. On Dec 27, 2015 10:10 PM, "Hugo Slabbert" <hugo@slabnet.com> wrote:
On Sun 2015-Dec-27 20:58:18 -0600, Josh Reynolds <josh@kyneticwifi.com> wrote:
And now that the new bill has passed, they (along with many others) will be
"mishandling" your data often and legally with 3 letter agencies and other corporations. :( On Dec 27, 2015 8:48 PM, "James Downs" <egon@egon.cc> wrote:
On Dec 27, 2015, at 09:43, Hugo Slabbert <hugo@slabnet.com> wrote:
Hence: https://on.google.com/hub/
The device looks cool, and sounds cool, but what data does google end up with, and what remote management can they do? Their policy pages aren’t exactly clear, and they’ve mishandled personal data a number of times previously.
Probably wise to be keep the tinfoil hat within arm's reach, I think. My ref was strictly "yep, they appear to be making a play at the home controller market via a broadband router trojan horse" and not in any way an endorsement or comment on the merits of the device.
-- Hugo
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