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silicon valley be like :

what if your doorbell sold your personal data
what if your taxi sold your personal data
what if your hotel sold your personal data
what if your alarm clock sold your personal data
what if your watch sold your personal data
what if your walkman sold your personal data
what if your
Jun 13, 2025 at 5:51pmWeb
Show threadS T E L L A R  Jun 13, 2025
fuck fuck fuck fuck
Show threadDefinitelyNotRabbitJun 13, 2025
@Stellar ⚠️​​ Whatever you all do people!, dont boost ⚠️⚠️​​
#fediverse #mastodon #boost #this
Show thread‮🐰 innuB Jun 13, 2025
@Stellar what if your alarm system got a microphone update  
(It's old https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47303077 )
Google admits error over hidden microphone

Google apologises for not disclosing its home alarm system contained a microphone.

Show threadVissJun 13, 2025
@Stellar then they store all that shit in open s3 buckets, and their front end uses snowflake and azure so it never stays up, and they keep getting ransomwared because the 'security people' are all just shitty influencer frauds who were formerly hairdressers and working jiffylube
Show threadTechsorcistJun 13, 2025
@Stellar what if your birthcontrol sold your personal data...to #Texas
Show threadPiper has movedJun 13, 2025
@Stellar It really is impressively sad how silicon valley can't find any business strategy that isn't a front for selling personal data. It's the only thing they know how to do
Show threadS T E L L A R  Jun 13, 2025
@piper people do not care about their personal data, why not be evil?
Show threadLisPiJun 14, 2025
@piper @Stellar Can't get disgustingly rich off providing an actual service instead of exploiting people.
Show threadDave/Loebas Jun 13, 2025
@Stellar What if your pencil sold your data
Show threadS T E L L A R  Jun 13, 2025
@venthewolf its was actually in my draft https://nuwapen.com/
Nuwa Pen - The Smartest Pen In The World

Nuwa Pen: Digitize handwritten notes from any paper, converting them to typed text. Sync across devices, preserving your notes effortlessly. Best smart pen for note-taking in 2025.

Nuwa Pen
Show threadDave/Loebas Jun 13, 2025
@Stellar wow, it actually exists
Show threadS T E L L A R  Jun 13, 2025
@venthewolf multiple ones, every year a startup is trying to reinvent the pen
Show threadDefinitelyNotRabbitJun 13, 2025
@venthewolf @Stellar there's ebook/draft books that do the same too now
https://remarkable.com/products/remarkable-2

All your private or professional thoughts, for sale on the inter webs ✨✨
reMarkable 2

reMarkable - "Replace your notes and printed documents with a digital notebook that feels like paper."

Show thread🏳️‍🌈🎃🇧🇷Luana🇧🇷🎃🏳️‍🌈Jun 14, 2025
@venthewolf @Stellar I wonder how well that works
Show threadLemonheep (Medicine user) Jun 17, 2025
@Stellar @[email protected] this shit is pretending so hard that people who take digital notes won't just either be fine with typing them out or buying an ipad ​​
Show threadKatLSJun 13, 2025
@Stellar and let’s call it innovation and get vc to fund the theft.✅
Show thread🏳️‍🌈🎃🇧🇷Luana🇧🇷🎃🏳️‍🌈Jun 14, 2025

@Stellar And then home assistant is like

what if we got all those cool stuff you want and made them work without spying on you 

Show threadLisPiJun 14, 2025
@Stellar @Aknorals Tech heresy, tech heresy everywhere
Show threadDoughnut Lollipop 【記録係】  Jun 14, 2025
@Stellar Corporate surveillance tech dystopia. 
Show threadAlexander KnochelJun 14, 2025
@Stellar what if your alarm clock got bricked the night before your big job interview because the company ended support?
Show threadAngua Jun 14, 2025
@Stellar

Yeah. I'll stick with Stardew Valley thanks, unless someone knows something I don't?
Show threadHarm BotjesJun 14, 2025
@Stellar what if it was stolen?
Show threadBradJun 17, 2025
@Stellar *extremely Tom Selleck voice* It will.