Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
researchfairy@scholar.social ("Unnamed TNG skant beefcake") wrote:
* Surveillance speakers
* Pervert glasses
* Actual 1984 telescreens
* Apple-brand always-on eavesdropping watches*I* can't opt out of *others* having them
I can't "vote with my dollars/feet/whatever" to not be harmed by others using them
Ask a nurse not to wear their watch while treating me—now I get worse care, thanks, it didn't work with N95's, won't work here
There's no techy adblock/pihole/home Faraday cage-style solution to this
The only solution is: regulation