Wren ReillyMay 1, 2023

A gentle reminder that IoT, health tech, and other devices are accessibility devices for many people.

Yes, the stove with WiFi.
Yes, the heart rate tracker.
Yes, the camera on the door.
Yes, the speech assistant.

Abstinence-only education doesn't work for infosec either.
You can only help to create alternatives if you acknowledge that disabled people exist, use tech, and understand privacy.

Don't be condescending. Be curious.

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If you're very lucky you get old and need this stuff.

If you're unlucky you're temporarily without the use of a sense or limb and need this stuff. Or, you're in the middle of a mass disabling event and should think about what having post-exertional malaise or dysautonomia means for your use of tech.

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Companies that use disability as marketing without investing in hiring disabled designers can get in the sea, however.
May 1, 2023 at 8:30pmWeb