Karl Fogel

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A Best Buy sales rep just told me that every single printer in the aisle defaults to "phone home" behavior to tell the mother ship how much you've printed and whether you might need ink. All of them.

Is this the new normal? Did I miss a memo?

#SurveillanceCapitalism

ยป Karl Fogel:

โ€œ[...] Is this the new normal? Did I miss a memo? [...]โ€

Yes, and yes. Welcome to """"progress"""". It sucks, you're gonna love it! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

JanKusanagi at 2020-01-05T22:39:41Z

Should intercept that with pihole or something...unless it causes the printer to catch fire ๐Ÿ”ฅ 

Stephen Michael Kellat at 2020-01-08T22:27:19Z