Walmart wants to connect what people stream "directly with retail interaction."
    • Lifter@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Some devices connect to any open wifi to send analytics. Some devices even have their own modem to always be connected.

      • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Not sure about the “modem” thing, always has worried me though. You mean like an LTE chip?

        Guess I don’t think about the open network thing because:

        1. Nobody, not even router makers, deliver open network by default anymore

        2. I don’t have any other wifi signals in my area other than my own

        • Lifter@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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          30 days ago

          Yes LTE and the like. My car – for instance – is connected 24/7 to the cloud. I can control some functions remotely. The price is probably full tracking of me anf my family.

          • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
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            29 days ago

            Yeah that’s the one thing that worries me about buying a new car. Mine are old right now