bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦Was forced to install the Miele app because it is the only way to tell the washing machine to clean itself. It asks you for permission to have third parties process and analyze your data no less than **8 times**. Ridiculous. I bet it will keep on asking until you give up. Also it is probably selling my data anyhow. Bah.
And yes, I personally know what to do to stop this. But it is not about me, it is about population level exploitation of data. Bah again.
Also this is some ESP8266 level performance! It's MAC address is registered to Miele, which is a nice touch.
Koen 🇺🇦@bert_hubert I don't buy any appliance that connects to the internet - no fridge, no coffee-machine, no washing machine .... There are no companies that can be trusted, certainly not US nor chinese ones, but European ones are only a little bit better and still bad. What happens when that company goes bust, your device doesn't work anymore ? really, this is not acceptable. Them getting your data, having possibility to remote brick your device etc is just not OK
Kevin Karhan 
@bonno @bert_hubert +9001%
This is why I won't buy or even use any car made after 2015 because all the #eCall spyware that got mandatory in 2016…
- I want my stuff stupid and simple aka. secure!
Not to mention #ExhaustionAttacks against me as a driver WHILST DRIVING SHOULD BE A CRIMINAL FELONY IMHO!
Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image RANT: Yet another reason why I'll never buy a new car in my life - I had a rental (#Peugeot2008) which is one of these garbage *"#Crossover" / #SuperUselessVehicles* that are *PHAT* outside but crammed af inside due to a needlessly *W I D E* center console and barely adjustable driver seat and steering wheel. - This car is basically impossible to reverse without staring at it's backup camera as it has a giant-ass deadzone behind it. - It's shitty front allows children to hide even easier than the rear and makes parking even more stressful But what made my blood boil is the obnoxiousness with which it's shitty tablet decided to randomly (!), whilst driving >50km/h to just pop up a demand for #tracking bs, offering only "allow" and "later" instead of a "no thanks" / "don't ask me again" option. - Shit like this can literally *kill* people as they fiddle around trying to dismiss it. - I had it pop up 2x (!) within 5 mins (!!) on the same (!!!) trip [not pulling ignition key!] And at the 2nd time decided to pull over to document this shit. This kind of #Enshittification in the form of a #Car comitting an *"Exhaustion Attack"* against it's *own driver* needs to be outlawed, not mandated! Cc: @[email protected] @[email protected] / @[email protected] #Peugeot #Cars #Downgrade #Downdate #UI #UX #DarkPatterns #ExhaustionAttack #InfoSec #OpSec #ComSec #Privacy #ITsec