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‘Alexa, what do you know about us?’ What I discovered when I asked Amazon to tell me everything my family’s smart speaker had heard (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

In the UK, the take up of smart meters for electric and gas has been slow due go concerns that this would enable companies to do the same.

It's not a bad argument (haven't paid, turn it off) but then if you're struggling financially is it better not to be allowed to rack up further debt anyway?