Walmart wants to connect what people stream "directly with retail interaction."
  • Lifter@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    5 天前

    Some devices connect to any open wifi to send analytics. Some devices even have their own modem to always be connected.

    • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      5 天前

      Not sure about the “modem” thing, always has worried me though. You mean like an LTE chip?

      Guess I don’t think about the open network thing because:

      1. Nobody, not even router makers, deliver open network by default anymore

      2. I don’t have any other wifi signals in my area other than my own

      • Lifter@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2·
        5 天前

        Yes LTE and the like. My car – for instance – is connected 24/7 to the cloud. I can control some functions remotely. The price is probably full tracking of me anf my family.

        • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          4 天前

          Yeah that’s the one thing that worries me about buying a new car. Mine are old right now