It was hilarious watching them latch on to it though. If that doesn’t demonstrate that they’re geared for FUD nothing will.
And don’t forget, they’re not owned by the people. They’re not owned by hundreds of different organizations with different ideas. They’re owned by a handful of ultra rich fat (autocorrect but I’m leaving it) far right wing douchebags that do not have the best interests of anyone but themselves in mind ever.
When it was making the rounds of the Fediverse I spent some time hopping between the reposts adding a comment pointing out its falseness. On one of the threads I got a response that was basically “okay, so this particular story is false, but it still supports the narrative we’re arguing and so it might as well be true.”
Were they trying to argue that IoT could compromise privacy or were they claiming something silly? I recall seeing your posts (thanks) but I’m not sure if I remember the exchange or am thinking of another one.
It was on this thread on internetofshit@suppo.fi. I’m guessing it’s a community dedicated to pooping on the Internet of Things, so when something like this comes along they really really want it to be true. I wasn’t paying attention to the communities when I was posting, though, just clicking through all the repost references and giving a cursory glance to see if someone had already pointed out the fakeitude.
It was hilarious watching them latch on to it though. If that doesn’t demonstrate that they’re geared for FUD nothing will.
And don’t forget, they’re not owned by the people. They’re not owned by hundreds of different organizations with different ideas. They’re owned by a handful of ultra rich fat (autocorrect but I’m leaving it) far right wing douchebags that do not have the best interests of anyone but themselves in mind ever.
When it was making the rounds of the Fediverse I spent some time hopping between the reposts adding a comment pointing out its falseness. On one of the threads I got a response that was basically “okay, so this particular story is false, but it still supports the narrative we’re arguing and so it might as well be true.”
Truthiness in a nutshell. Sigh.
Were they trying to argue that IoT could compromise privacy or were they claiming something silly? I recall seeing your posts (thanks) but I’m not sure if I remember the exchange or am thinking of another one.
It was on this thread on internetofshit@suppo.fi. I’m guessing it’s a community dedicated to pooping on the Internet of Things, so when something like this comes along they really really want it to be true. I wasn’t paying attention to the communities when I was posting, though, just clicking through all the repost references and giving a cursory glance to see if someone had already pointed out the fakeitude.