Are the ads popping up in your smart device a little too spot on? Is it an eerie coincidence or are your smartphones and smart speakers listening in on everything you say in private? Privacy issues are a constant concern when it comes to digital technology, but a new survey finds many Americans are simply accepting they may not be alone in their own home. Researchers say two in three U.S. adults “don’t care” if their smart devices are always listening to what they say.
The report by Safety.com finds 66.7 percent of U.S. residents over 18 wouldn’t have a problem finding out a home gadget is listening in on what’s going on inside their home. Researchers polled nearly 1,100 people between the ages of 18 and 64 during December of 2020.
While tech companies repeatedly assure the public smart devices are not spying on their owners, not everyone is convinced of this. That feeling is particularly prevalent among older adults. The survey finds baby boomers are much more concerned about digital devices recording their conservations than Millennials or young adults in Generation Z. Adults in Generation X are split on the issue.
The poll also finds women are more unnerved about smart devices than men are, by a margin of seven percent. Unsurprisingly, residents in tech-dominant cities and regions are more accepting of potentially being recorded than Americans in communities with less high-tech development.
Read more at StudyFinds.
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In the other news: 2 out 3 Americans are clinically dumb.
newsflash: we should not say or do something we would be ashamed of.
10:45, so are you ashamed?! Yeah, you don’t need privacy, my challenged friend.
Would they care if they are forcibly removed from them homes?
Assembly Bill A416
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Relates to the removal of cases, contacts and carriers of communicable diseases who are potentially dangerous to the public health
Excerpt:
January 6, 2021
___________
Introduced by M. of A. PERRY — read once and referred to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the removal of
cases, contacts and carriers of communicable diseases who are poten-
tially dangerous to the public health
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2120-a to read as follows:
§ 2120-A. REMOVAL AND DETENTION OF CASES, CONTACTS AND CARRIERS WHO
ARE OR MAY BE A DANGER TO PUBLIC HEALTH; OTHER ORDERS. 1. THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE UTILIZED IN THE EVENT THAT THE GOVERNOR
DECLARES A STATE OF HEALTH EMERGENCY DUE TO AN EPIDEMIC OF ANY COMMUNI-
CABLE DISEASE.
2. UPON DETERMINING BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT THE HEALTH
OF OTHERS IS OR MAY BE ENDANGERED BY A CASE, CONTACT OR CARRIER, OR
SUSPECTED CASE, CONTACT OR CARRIER OF A CONTAGIOUS DISEASE THAT, IN THE
OPINION OF THE GOVERNOR, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER, MAY
POSE AN IMMINENT AND SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH RESULTING
IN SEVERE MORBIDITY OR HIGH MORTALITY, THE GOVERNOR OR HIS OR HER DELE-
GEE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE COMMISSIONER OR THE HEADS OF
LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, MAY ORDER THE REMOVAL AND/OR DETENTION OF SUCH
A PERSON OR OF A GROUP OF SUCH PERSONS BY ISSUING A SINGLE ORDER, IDEN-
TIFYING SUCH PERSONS EITHER BY NAME OR BY A REASONABLY SPECIFIC
DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIVIDUALS OR GROUP BEING DETAINED. SUCH PERSON OR
GROUP OF PERSONS SHALL BE DETAINED IN A MEDICAL FACILITY OR OTHER APPRO-
PRIATE FACILITY OR PREMISES DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNOR OR HIS OR HER
DELEGEE AND COMPLYING WITH SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION.
3. A PERSON OR GROUP REMOVED OR DETAINED BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR OR
HIS OR HER DELEGEE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE…..
READ MORE HERE: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/a416?fbclid=IwAR0Yqe50MeCAp8-VFWrD7QQQqhRPFwTTUzI_fsltfyyXwcwy7LAzQ2hMi30
Finally! It’s about time that the government decides to wake up and do something real about infectious cases. Instead of bending over backwards to be politically correct, if we would have had an effective policy back in March, we could have gotten the situation under control like China did instead of losing hundreds of thousands of lives!
this is no joke. just looked it up. is there a chance this won’t pass?
Ein roah ozen shomas vchol masecha bsefer nchtovim.
newsflash people are scared of things of things they don’t understand.
Newsflash: dumb lemmings are not afraid…. until they are already falling from the cliff, at which point it’s too late.
Stop smoking pot for a week, and then maybe you’ll be able to comprehend that any private information about you, can and will be used against you, whether you think you have nothing-to-hide or not.
11:18
i have never done drugs in my life try again..
ironically you post that all the while using the web.go close yourself off from the world. you think a computer can’t learn everything about you from the comments you post just on this website?
you know you can just not buy smart devices if your so scared?
but we all know your just bloviating. and will use the technology all the same as everyone else. but continue to talk out of your gas valve!
My dear sleepless 5:14am looser. Obviously, no one can guarantee total privacy, but you can maximize your chances of privacy while using the internet: don’t post anything private about yourself – that means none to minimum Facebook activity, don’t post your photos, use vpn, take away most app permissions, minimize google permissions, minimize cloud usage, use antivirus software, always try to educate yourself on the subject matter.
Remember, just because robbers can probably steal from you if they really want it, doesn’t mean you should invite a robbery.
no joke. is there a chance this won’t pass?