When privileged folks tell me at my talks “I don’t care about my privacy / I have nothing to hide / Give me one example of the ramifications of surveillance capitalism / etc.”, I tell them “you will care when your health insurance premiums go up because your Smart Fridge tells the insurance companies what you’re eating/drinking.” This is basically the same thing. Sad that it takes things hitting their own wallets for privileged folks to pay attention.

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Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior with Insurance Companies Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39666976

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@aral Or they will care when the algorithm that rewards/punishes people GETS IT WRONG for them.