IoT: Your thought and views

[Fireball]

People fear a loss of privacy.  But I think in most cases, this is a case of "I'm a special snowflake, and my data matters."  I do not have a problem, for example, with targeted ads based on my browse history.  I remember seeing tampon ads coming on during hockey games as a kid, and thinking, "Dude. . . really!?"  No more of that.

Integration definitely leads to the possibility for a technological dictator: "Your doors will lock at 10:00pm.  Be at home before then, or be prepared to pay a $1000 fine to the Arrestobots."

People don't like the loss of autonomy.  But personally, I very much like the loss of autonomy of OTHERS.  For example, if I'm driving on a highway with a speed limit of 100km/h, and some asshole wants to do 130, the IoT can just throttle him down.  When teenage hooligans are throwing bottles in front of my house, I LIKE the idea of the Arrestobots coming to enforce curfew.

I like the idea that my house will monitor my food, and order things for me.  Low on milk?  It will be at the door in the morning.  Birthday coming?  My house will remember my daughter's favorite kind of cake, confirm that I want it, and order it for me

I don't think "I'm a special snowflake, and my data matters." I think it's none of anybody's fucking business. YUP
I think the things you point out make a person lazy, dependent, unwilling to take personal responsibility, and incompetent in day to day life. YUP
Just remember you like the loss of autonomy for others and they fell the same way about yours.

What did we do before computers became so ubiquitous in our lives? I still write out a shopping list when I go to the store. I know that my cell phone can do all that. But given how much my data gets out there already, I'm not willing to put my shopping list on my cell phone. In fact, I delete my sent and received messages after they have been dealt with. This whole business of people driving, walking, riding their bikes while yapping on the phone is ridiculous. I'm going to start taking my Blaster V (a rescue whistle that can be heard for 5 miles) with me when I go places, to alert the people who are walking head down looking at their phones and on a collision course with me.

No offense, BennyBoy!