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|    Lardy Girl to Phil Carmody    |
|    Re: My view on "The Internet of Things"    |
|    14 Feb 15 11:22:24    |
   
   From: usteen@asdf.fi   
      
   Phil Carmody wrote:   
   > The internet of things =   
   > Net? NET!?!? Frothing shite!   
      
   Heh. I like this.   
      
   We also have   
    The Internet of Things =   
    Intent's to frighten, eh?   
      
   Which seems worryingly apt when we have such /1984/esque notes as this   
   extract from Samsung 'smart TV' privacy policy:   
      
   "Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other   
   sensitive information, that information will be among the data   
   captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice   
   Recognition."   
      
      
      
   LG   
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