always wanted (as in would actually pay for) listings of technology which do not depend for their function on ever connecting to the internet. or said in a more dubious older way: "dumb". if i'm shopping for monitor/screen, mouse, keyboard, ...vacuum cleaner, thermostat, toothbrush (the list is endless) i want to know which *aren't* collecting data on me and uploading them. is that asking for too much? ("uhm.... yes?") @#$!
always wanted (as in would actually pay for) listings of technology which do not depend for their function on ever connecting to the internet. or said in a more dubious older way: "dumb". if i'm shopping for monitor/screen, mouse, keyboard, ...vacuum cleaner, thermostat, toothbrush (the list is endless) i want to know which *aren't* collecting data on me and uploading them. is that asking for too much? ("uhm.... yes?") @#$!
Spyware on Windows is redundant, anyway.
Hardly. The big argument now is over who gets access to all your data. And how much you pay them to steal it.
Is anyone actually surprised by this? This is stage 3 enshittification.