WHAT would YOU do?
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HE claims I am. But he replied a couple times after that.
No loss.
I guess I'm at the other end of the spectrum. I have a smart home, last time i checked I have 75+ items connected to my router, wifi and hard wired - lights, window/door sensors, motion sensors, thermostat, smart TVs, audio systems and on and on. All powered by a smart meter that I take great advantage of with time of day usage. Having Parkinson's my days and nights are flipped so I do laundry, dishes and much cooking/baking using the lowest rates, have my EV set to charge after 11PM too. Have Amazon echos all over the house, makes it easy to turn things on and off and adjust the temp. I'M 71 and don't have a big enough ego to think anyone cares how or when I do things, or what I watch or read online.
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So sorry to hear about your Parkinsons, a longtime friend of mine was diagnosed with it a few months ago, he 78.
However, sometime last year I noticed a gradual change in his demeanor.
He started being stubborn about some things, and always sounding negative about normal things, like shopping, everyday chores, etc.
He had other medical issues as well, a hip operation, afib, etc. which didn't help his attitude, and I tried to suggest a more positive way for his thinking about stuff.
My niece, a nurse, claims it's likely due to all the medications he has to take, along with the Parkinsons, affecting his judgement and reasoning.
He's now distanced himself from his friends, ignoring things.
As for me, at 72, I feel lucky that I've gotten this far with just the usual "old man's" aches and pains stuff.
However, I insist on my privacy and independence when it comes to all that technology that's caused much of society to depend on it.
I'm able to keep a "dumb house" with dumb appliances and be in control of things.
I've been diagnosed with essential tremor along with Parkinsonian syndrome, std. P meds don't help me in any way. Taking only a few things, no other health issues, so in that way I'm lucky. Sorry to hear about your friend, sounds like he is having a harder time with his P.
I've always enjoyed tech, built a Heathkit 25" color tv as a kid, big into audio and later video - still am.
I've always enjoyed tech, built a Heathkit 25" color tv as a kid, big into audio and later video - still am.
Please don't bark at the wrong tree.
The problem is not the devices, the Ethernet connection, the WiFi or the Bluetooth. The problem is what use is made of the data collected.
Smart electricity meters are a good example: I have no objections if they are used to exactly bill my consumption and optimise the management of the electric distribution network (which is more and more important because electricity production is becoming more "distributed", think of solar panels being installed on homes).
What I firmly object is that the data of my consumption, together with all the other data collected, are sold and aggregated together to "profile" and manipulate me.
And the proof is that in the European Union we are trying to regulate the use of personal data (just trying, unfortunately...) and the big American company are trying in any possible way, and with the willing help of the current administration, to force us to withdraw even the little regulation we have.
Regulating the use of personal data does not mean that smart meters are forbidden, what is forbidden is to sell the data of individual consumption to profile and manipulate people
The problem is not the devices, the Ethernet connection, the WiFi or the Bluetooth. The problem is what use is made of the data collected.
Smart electricity meters are a good example: I have no objections if they are used to exactly bill my consumption and optimise the management of the electric distribution network (which is more and more important because electricity production is becoming more "distributed", think of solar panels being installed on homes).
What I firmly object is that the data of my consumption, together with all the other data collected, are sold and aggregated together to "profile" and manipulate me.
And the proof is that in the European Union we are trying to regulate the use of personal data (just trying, unfortunately...) and the big American company are trying in any possible way, and with the willing help of the current administration, to force us to withdraw even the little regulation we have.
Regulating the use of personal data does not mean that smart meters are forbidden, what is forbidden is to sell the data of individual consumption to profile and manipulate people
How can they manipulate you by knowing how much electricity you use. They knew that long before smart meters existed. And who would buy it, how would they manipulate you by knowing your electricity usage? I'm genuinely curious. That meter has no way of knowing what you are using the energy for.
Before smart meters, they had to have employees manually read the meters, that cost money. That is the main purpose, it may even save YOU money.
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