Originally Posted by call100:
“People like me? Your ignorance is outstanding on the issues I accept and those I don't. One of the reasons you aren't obliged to carry an ID card at the moment is because of the huge lobby that went on at the time they wanted to introduce them. As part of that lobby I had many meetings with home office officials who were hell bent on forcing them on you through a back door. So lecture me all you like about tech issues, but not about allowing anything........
As regards the Samsung TV..I would be bothered if a) I couldn't choose to use it or not and b)That was what was happening, which it's not.”
The reason we don't have Id cards is because the Tories decided it was too expensive, i am pretty sure if Labour had got back in we would have ID cards.
It will come, but through the back door, in some form of medical card or some other crap the government will put that it is good for us.
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“No, you don't need it, but, some people want it and like it. If I don't want to voice control my tv (and I don't, but, not because of privacy issues) I won't buy one or won't connect one.
If you own a smart phone, Store reward card, Credit card, Debit card etc etc, then your absolute privacy is already compromised. In a tech age, it's about determining how much or little you are willing to share.”
The problem is at some point when it be that these products will not work unless they are connected and that all products need to be connected?
i can not see it happening for a very long time, certainly with cheaper products, I can not Beko for instance having a smart freezer on the market, well not for a few years anyway.
I do not have a store reward card apart from Iceland bonus card and that is only used for Saving and for delivery.
In a tech age a lot of the time we can't live unless we give up this info. Try living without a bank account for instance.
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“Again, they are not yet at that point. You can either choose to believe the hype and turn it all off or use it with the correct information at hand and enjoy whatever benefits might be given by whatever tech you want to use.
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but if people just sit back and let it happen, it will happen.
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People need to be informed and wary, but, not paranoid.”
True, but the problem is some people will not take any notice.
Myself i find it hard to believe what the government say to be honest
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“We have the makings of WWIII forming on a daily basis, so, much more to worry about than a Samsung TV working properly.”
If that happens we will not have to worry about much then. but i do nto think it will happen.
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You may or may not be right, but that's more about keeping a reign on your Government than blaming the technology....”
Yeah, and we can do that. Not.