Also why would I give a shit if China is spying on me? China has little to no control over my life. The thing I care about is MY GOVERNMENT spying on me, because they’re the ones that can kick down my door and drag me out in handcuffs
"Who cares, Chinese cops aren't able to kick down my door and murder me while being hailed as besieged heroes, unlike American cops" is a sentiment that makes redditors extremely mad
One of the more possible (though still highly unlikely) situations is IOT switches that phone home. The US made some stink about the possibility of China being able to toggle them remotely to overload circuits and explode transformers with an oscillating load.
Which immediately tells me that the US made ones being sold to other countries are absolutely capable of doing that and I should probably stick with the Chinese ones.
I checked mine and didn't see anything phoning home, the Amazon and Google ones both phone home to a server somewhere. Ostensibly for reading your account linked calendar, but it means it's absolutely available for exploitation.
Also why would I give a shit if China is spying on me? China has little to no control over my life. The thing I care about is MY GOVERNMENT spying on me, because they’re the ones that can kick down my door and drag me out in handcuffs
"Who cares, Chinese cops aren't able to kick down my door and murder me while being hailed as besieged heroes, unlike American cops" is a sentiment that makes redditors extremely mad
:wojak-nooo: but haven't you heard?? china has their own police stations in canada!
China can sell you treats which is infinitely worse than Facebook and twitter voluntarily selling data to the government
One of the more possible (though still highly unlikely) situations is IOT switches that phone home. The US made some stink about the possibility of China being able to toggle them remotely to overload circuits and explode transformers with an oscillating load.
Which immediately tells me that the US made ones being sold to other countries are absolutely capable of doing that and I should probably stick with the Chinese ones.
:xicko:
I checked mine and didn't see anything phoning home, the Amazon and Google ones both phone home to a server somewhere. Ostensibly for reading your account linked calendar, but it means it's absolutely available for exploitation.