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I think internet people care about some theoretical surveillance angle more then anyone else actually does. People hire cleaners and tradespeople into their hom
by XorNot 10d ago
I think internet people care about some theoretical surveillance angle more then anyone else actually does. People hire cleaners and tradespeople into their homes all the time.
The practical problems with robots are effectiveness, cost and safety in roughly equal parts.
- hobofan 10d ago> People hire cleaners and tradespeople into their homes all the time. It's very obvious that there is a difference between a single person that you can personally vet, and something that records videos that can be shared anywhere. > I think internet people care about some theoretical surveillance angle more then anyone else actually does. Yes, that's usually the case. However in the very current time of surveillance resistance with the de-Flock movement, I think there is increased mainstream awareness of the issue.
- mft_ 10d agoI think you’re partly right: normal ‘non-internet’ folk care less about such things… until a reason to care is demonstrated. Take the recent anti-Flock actions - it’s probably mostly not ‘internet people’ going for evening walks with their angle grinders. Everyone starts to care about privacy when it really becomes invasive. Likewise, people might be fine getting their elderly parents a robot to help out with household tasks, until intimate stolen videos start appearing on realgrannies.com or similar.
- dbspin 10d agoSadly we're all internet people, and have been for about 15 years. If you mean people on Hacker News... Then yes, obviously they're by and large better informed about the reality of surveillance, government and corporate, than most. Nothing theoretical about any of it. Unless we fail to remember the content of Snowdon's leaks.