Internet of Shit

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During a recent episode of The Verge’s Decoder podcast, Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber shed some possible insight into the company’s view on one of its most important products. Saying that “the mouse built this house,” Faber shares the planning behind a Forever Mouse, a premium product that the company hopes will be the last you ever have to buy. There’s also a discussion about a subscription-based service and a deeper focus on AI.

For now, details on a Forever Mouse are thin, but you better believe there will be a catch. The Instant Pot was a product so good that customers rarely needed to buy another one. The company went bankrupt.

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UK school reprimanded for unlawful use of facial recognition technology

An English school has been reprimanded by U.K. regulators after it used facial recognition technology without getting opt-in consent from students.

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HP discontinues online-only LaserJet printers in response to backlash

HN Discussion

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“Immensely disappointing”: Nike killing app for $350 self-tying sneakers

It is hard to imagine that there was not someone inside of Nike that lost their faith in humanity when the pitch for these things was originally taking off.

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LLMs certainly hold potential, but as we’ve seen time and time again in tech over the last fifteen years, the hype and greed of unethical pitchmen has gotten way out ahead of the actual locomotive. A lot of people in “tech” are interested in money, not tech. And they’re increasingly making decisions based on how to drum up investment bucks, get press attention and bump stock, not on actually improving anything.

The result has been a ridiculous parade of rushed “AI” implementations that are focused more on cutting corners, undermining labor, or drumming up sexy headlines than improving lives. The resulting hype cycle isn’t just building unrealistic expectations and tarnishing brands, it’s often distracting many tech companies from foundational reality and more practical, meaningful ideas.

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Everything must be a subscription service

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The company’s only hardware product will soon be e-waste.

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Car Tracking Can Enable Domestic Abuse. Turning It Off Is Easier Said Than Done

Internet-connected cars allow abusers to track domestic violence survivors after they leave

cross-posted from: https://mstdn.social/users/tekkie/statuses/112037167186333009

Image description: Installation progress bar running for software upgrade of the Under Armour running shoes

(Originally published earlier today on mstdn.social)

Og post: https://infosec.exchange/@dmgedgoods/112003888626019907

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No, 3 million electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack::A widely reported story that 3 million electric toothbrushes were hacked with malware to conduct distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks is likely a hypothetical scenario instead of an actual attack.

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Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks

HN Discussion

I learned of this thing's existence about a year ago when someone with this thing asked for help in reddit.

It's a ceiling lamp. With a bluetooth speaker. It's in constant pairing mode allowing anyone to connect whenever.

The person complained about hearing the neighbours' cooking instructions and that their teenager cranks the music to max volume while figuring out why there's no sound.

[archived reddit link in Finnish]

All the protections in software, what an amazing idea!

Some 5 years ago I used the toilet in a mall. Their urinals all had screens showing Android (4?) home screen. The screens were replaced with printed ads later.

Picture is from internet as I have lost mine since, but the product is same

I discovered the purpose of what looked like an NFC tag in my toothbrush heads. More expensive smart versions of my toothbrush log how many times the head is used, and start nagging about replacement after a while. Unlike with printer ink, it at least doesn't disable old toothbrush heads.

https://hackaday.com/2023/05/27/hacking-a-smart-electric-toothbrush-to-reset-its-usage-counter/