Just think of the engineering that goes into these things. Not just design, but then making a machine that can make those things. I assume the plastic ones are injection moulds but those metal ones are interesting.

You can use a smart tv but not connect it to the wifi. We have a Phillips 43pfs5525 and we just never connected it to the wifi.

In an absolute sense, yes a modem can spy on you by hijacking requests and redirecting them to controlled locations. We use TLS to prevent this, even stronger with technologies like HSTS.

Does this happen in real life though? More then you think, but less of an impact then you think.

Some US providers will hijack DNS requests and redirect them to their own DNS servers, but this can be solved with DOH or DOT.

TLS interception is a thing but it requires the device you are using (phone, PC, tablet, laptop) to have a root certificate installed that the ISP also controls. Almost all browsers will only install root certificates from root certificate providers with good standing and have no quarm in untrusing the root certificate if things go badly.

90s. Such a wild time.

50,000 bots use to post here. Now it's a ghost town.

Shit guys, they know the secret.

Why is this person your friend? Drop her, when people ask why be honest and say that you don't like to hang with people who view me as a child.

I also understand I am a failure by most traditional metrics, no job, no car, no place

Who says that is metrics for success? job hunting is hard, capitalism sucks.

Yes, Everyone. the bots, the human user, me, and even you. You can't escape it.

Windows can't even get their own UI right.

Look at the win10 control panel. Nearly a decade later and we still have to use the classic control panel to change settings.

Let's flip this question. Why do you think an organisation should get my data?

Are they reputable? Are they secure? Are they domiciled in my country and follow the laws of my country?

Everywhere has bias, you can't escape it. Whatever happened to don't believe what you see on the internet.

Odd that they would go for the Danish version of /r/watchitfortheplot and not the English one.