Right? Who honestly didn't think these devices would be used to spy on them and their homes? Even after reports of third party contractors listening to people having sex made headlines people continued to buy and keep them.
Just like some people need to touch a hot stove to learn they need to be careful some people will just refuse to accept anything bad is happening to them until they see it with their own eyes and surveillance capitalism exploits that by keeping the harms so removed from the collection of private data that most people will never accept the connection even after they're told about what's happening.
Just like some people need to touch a hot stove to learn they need to be careful some people will just refuse to accept anything bad is happening to them until they see it with their own eyes and surveillance capitalism exploits that by keeping the harms so removed from the collection of private data that most people will never accept the connection even after they're told about what's happening.