Surveillance Washing Machine Doesn't Have That Ring to It

2min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

i think, even from a practical sense, one of the most detrimental and harmful things about these is their lack of security. At some point it's probably going to happen that these devices are going to be leveraged to take down some portion, if not all, of the internet. So an old school buzzer or chime on my washing machine is just fine. It doesn't need to text me and tell me that the load is done rightly. That has not improved my call. I mean, i didn't set it up, but it would not improve the quality of my life. And so, i mean, it's a very poor long range thinking for a lot of reasons,.

Paris Marx is joined by Chris Gilliard to discuss the ethics of tech media recommending surveillance devices, aspects of “smart” technologies you might not have considered, and why we should think twice about surrounding ourselves with cameras and microphones.

Chris Gilliard is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center. Follow Chris on Twitter at @hypervisible.

🚨 T-shirts are now available!

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.

Find out more about Harbinger Media Network at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Also mentioned in this episode: