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>>gorman+(OP)
" Modern cars regularly send basic data about vehicle components, their safety status and service schedules to car manufacturers, and mobile phones work in very similar ways." -Google

This is a beautiful quote because it is an example of one industry's bad behavior leading to another industry's bad behavior, upon which the first industry then users the second's similarity to justify themselves. Cars only started doing this because phones made it normal. It's wrong in both cases.

It's similar to when Apple defended it's 30% store cut by claiming it's an "industry standard"... specifically, an industry standard that Apple established.

>>ocdtre+e3
The more concerning thing about the car data is that the manafacturers resell it to third parties and those third parties have the right to resell it again. It's a mess.

As a comparison, I don't know if much of Google's data ever leaves Google.

>>before+Ga
i'm getting the impression that iot providers have far, far lower privacy standards vs dedicated tech providers. This to me indicates that they don't take the internet capability of their kettles/cars seriously enough. It's just a gimmick. This is not a constructive way to advance iot.

>>marshm+ah
> This to me indicates that they don't take the internet capability of their kettles/cars seriously enough. It's just a gimmick.

Of course it is, and of course they don't. There are exactly two reasons why stuff like cars or kettles get connected to the Internet:

1) A value-add gimmick to justify a price hike on what's pretty much a commodity product;

2) A way to lock you into paying (with money or data) for a cloud service, using a physical appliance as an anchor.

Actual utility of an Internet-connected appliance doesn't even enter the picture.