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I mentioned that being able to trigger the wash/dryer remotely was about the only thing I found useful.

Yes all of that's already been done immediately after finding this out.

I'm new to HN, so I apologize in advance if this isn't the right place to post this.

Glad to have been a guinea pig haha!

I understand if the previous policy is wrong by a few words/legalese terms. But in this case they either oh we forgot to include that we're mining all this data or they recently found out they can and started doing so.

If a device was bought with privacy as a feature and then it flips 180 and you're locked out of using it with no recourse for returning it. To me it that seems as a clear violation of a consumer's rights.

This is the heart of the question. My return period is long past. And it's a pretty expensive device.

In my mind: I purchased the washer/dryer with these specific features in mind. Now I no longer have access to what I bought and I'm being locked out of using these features unless I accept the new terms.

Thank you, I'll look into it today.

Thanks for the suggestion.

I think the only thing would get people to act is to say Russians/Chinese are spying on people with microwaves/tvs.. Otherwise media won't report on this.

Not in CA. I did ask for the data and for my account to be deactivated. Haven't received an email from them yet.

It definitely is 1GB per day. Any insight/links on how I can do that? I'll admit I have no idea where to begin when it comes to this.

Probably is, but most of my friends who aren't in tech told me I'm too "extra/petty" for calling.

I learned my lesson. It's a shame cause actual smart devices can be useful if they weren't so exploitive/deceptive.

I really doubt that they're NOT already gathering data as if I accepted the policy. The guy I called said I'm the only person to complain about this. So I don't expect much to change.

Yeah I'm not sure what the solution is. Maybe, I'm naive but I never expected this. I know better now. Regarding the smart t thing, I 100% agree, my vizio smart tv started getting ads on startup that I need to manually exit out of.

I'm Lebanese myself and I did inform myself don't worry about me. I also talked to real people affected by the blast and claim they saw Jets as well. I would have loved it if the vid had tackled this and debunked it completely. I'm not claiming otherwise.

There was definitely military/gov negligence and I even call kit suicidal levels of incompetence.

However, they never talk about the original owners of the ammonium nitrate to begin with. I remember it being said that it was a ship that was sinking so it had to be emptied at the port for temporary storage. I'm asking why did the original owner of 2 TONS of it never came to get it back?

I don't think what I'm asking merits these kinds of answers.