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My smart fridge tried to make me choose between milk and my privacy
Last week, my new fridge popped up a screen asking to scan my face for 'personalized expiration alerts'. The other option was to manually type in every item I bought, which would take forever. I picked the manual entry, thinking it was the ethical choice. After 3 days of trying to remember if I bought the cheddar on Tuesday or Wednesday, I gave up and let it scan me. Now it knows I drink too much oat milk. Has anyone else felt forced into giving up data just to use a basic appliance?
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the_hayden23d ago
Man, I see it the opposite way. That manual entry option is just there so they can say they gave you a choice. They make it so annoying that most people will give in. It's not about you being lazy, it's about them designing a system that pushes you toward the data grab. My old dumb fridge never needed to know my face to tell me the milk was bad.
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the_fiona22d ago
Actually, my smart fridge just texts me!
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adams.uma7d ago
My fridge just judges my grocery choices.
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