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submitted 10 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] CalOtsu@kbin.social 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's reporting usage and error data back to the company. As an engineer who used to work on appliances that did this the data is used to drive design direction as well as find trends in failure that we could make changes for.

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In this era of late stage capitalism, the only changes that will be made from this data will be changes that make the company more profit. Not necessarily changes that make the device more reliable, durable, or have a greater longevity.

[–] LoveSausage@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Exactly , you still got DDR fridges going strong today. But can't build too good stuff , who gonna buy new appliances then?

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, anonymous diagnostic data is clearly a threat to my privacy!

[–] LoveSausage@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Problem is ofc that none of the mentioned examples included any security...

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I definitely meant to respond to the engineer as a joke, not to the doomsayer

[–] LoveSausage@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I just pointed out one of the problems with "anonymous data" collection. Another big one would be the aggregation issue