cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45599656
Funny how we don't frame it as "America may be spying on you" when American companies do the exact same shit
this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2026
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You should. Both are correct.
Funny how we don't frame it "what the fuck does the coffee machine need the internet connection for" when corporates release products like this
Yes but chinese companies are required by law to give the data to the goverment.
US companies do it from good will.
+ it doesn't really matter as they all broadcast your data on RTB markets for free to everybody including russia and china.
Small correction: US companies sell it to the US government.
How else are those tax dollars supposed to stimulate the economy? Everybody wins this way! So much winning! I'm so tired of winning!
Every American company needs a backdoor for the government. These people love to play hypocrisy.
We know since Snowden that they intercept everything anyway
I assume it's (loosely!) based on this:
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/pwned/
No mention of China - just a rival company finding a hole in the secure network (network enabled coffee maker with a default password) and using it to steal company data.
Imagine saying out loud "Tiananmen Square Massacre 1989" and half the 'smart' devices in your home bricks
Is America projecting again? 好没想到的啊！
Isn't it public info that Chinese companies are obligated by law to share information with the government?
Isn't it public info that the USA has backdoors in every CPU (IME for example), or that NSA collects literally every piece of data going to and from USA, or that the USA illegally spies on its allies in the NATO by tapping phones and transcontinental internet cables? Or that trump literally called for Snowden to be executed for making all of that public?
Illegally? No, the NATO allies all work together to catch each other's dissidents. Just because the US has gone off the rails doesnt mean the EU was innocent.
No, the NATO allies all work together to catch each other's dissidents
Ah yes, well known dissidents like
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Angela Merkel and other EU officials
Meanwhile in Denmark
In August 2020, Trine Bramsen who was recently appointed Danish minister of defence in June of the previous year was told of the operation, following which agency head Lars Findsen and three other officials were suspended.[7]
I love how memes, at this point, are a means to process our cyber anxiety.
What do you mean? Could you elaborate please?
Well this feels like bait.
Every accusation is a confession.
I think we’re all a little more worried about the child trafficking genocidal state of Israel.
And letting the US government spy on you helps with that?
In reality, people are built for the stone age and a little out of their depth with 21st century technology. Unless there's some visual indicator of the spying their normal social instincts don't kick in.
Ha fooled them, I only do pour over