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My smart fridge's facial recognition for family members totally glitched and gave my neighbor access to our grocery list.
It happened yesterday when he was helping me move a couch, and now I'm wondering if we should even have this kind of tech in our homes without clearer rules about data ownership and failsafes.
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jakejones17d ago
Honestly, that sounds more like a funny story than a real security breach. It's just a grocery list, not your bank password. These little tech hiccups happen all the time with new gadgets.
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mark43616d ago
Yeah, the "little tech hiccups" line got me. My buddy had a similar thing with his smart speaker. It started reading out his text messages to his whole family dinner, including one where he was complaining about his mother in law's cooking. It was just a dumb text, but man, the fallout was real. It's not about the info being valuable, it's about losing control over your own stuff. That feeling sticks with you more than the actual content.
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murphy.aaron16d ago
Ugh, that's brutal. It's the exact same feeling of your private stuff just getting out there without your say so. The fix is to go into your phone's settings and turn off notifications for the shopping app on your lock screen. That way it only shows up when you unlock the phone. Saved me from another awkward moment with my own list.
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