I think both F451 and 1984 had tvs that were listening to you and recording you, right?

F451 had the "Parlour", a room in the house with full sized wall screens that were interactive so you could do things like act in plays with other people in their own house doing the same thing.

Basically, books were made illegal so that the government could control the narrative and change it whenever they wanted with no proof of it ever being changed.

It's a good thing we don't have 24/7 propaganda being shoved at us in reality... 🫪

The same idiots that fill their homes with active internet-connected microphones.

Those guys paying musk to use Twitter are pretty dumb, maybe them

Given who it is selling it, and particularly the whole week advertised battery life, I can't help but think this is going to end up marketed towards employers wanting to monitor their workers 24/7.

I mean, I would love an anklet that tracks my biometrics for a week at a time

I'm not putting on one designed by a tech giant, but if I didn't understand the need for privacy I can see the appeal

same idiots who follow brands and lifestyle products

Americans

The future of privacy is apparently a subscription you forgot to cancel.

Ugh…. That is profoundly bleak. It’s like the slogan for the future.

After having used various smartwatches for the last 15 years, I switched to a cheap basic Casio digital watch six months ago. I thought I needed (and wanted) a smartwatch, turns out I actually didn't at all.

https://vger.to/beehaw.org/post/28786631 Fieldwatch allows you to monitor your surroundings for shit like this

I’d love a device that sends out an EM pulse every 30 seconds.

and one day apps that destroy these things!

Call me old-school, but I prefer doing this manually. Literally.