Yes, most physical locks (even most very high end ones) are easy to get past. But that doesn't mean it's smart of increase the attack surface and make them even easier to get past.
"I use a number of IoT devices which are not cloud services, but rather things that I manage and access myself."
As do I, but almost none of the commercially available devices are like this. The "IoT" == "cloud" (or at least phone-home) equivalency holds very well in the commercial space.
Perhaps. Personally, I consider it to be a bad thing and is one of (not the only) reasons that I will not use Uber. I value being able to predict what something will cost.
If your needs are minimal, as would be the case if you just want a mail server to handle a single email address, then it can be simple. There are even a number of live CD images that will have you running in a few minutes.
I'm not Karl, but my opposition to IoT is pretty straightforward: the way everyone is developing them requires that they interact with a third party server. This is unacceptable data leakage to entities that make it clear they will be selling or otherwise monetizing it.
Let's not forget that AT&T was the first, and most eager and effective, telecom to enable widespread governmental spying of wholesale internet traffic.
Between Comcast and AT&T, I think AT&T is clearly the greater evil.
I'd be willing to bet every joy-rider has tried that excuse. I've never heard of it actually working.
The law is pretty clear -- if you steal something, you're guilty of theft regardless of whether you intend to, or actually do, return whatever you stole.
In practice, there is no punishment for noncompliance (even if it would be legally allowed).
What actually happens if you refuse to participate in the census is that census workers knock on your neighbors doors to ask about you and fill in whatever they can learn that way.
This. I stopped paying as much attention to newspapers well before the internet became a reasonable alternative. The main reason was that consolidation resulted in a dramatic reduction the quality and amount of coverage.
No, not all of them. The use of mercury switches has been in the process of being phased out for a while now. There are lots of mercury-free dumb thermostats available.
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As do I, but almost none of the commercially available devices are like this. The "IoT" == "cloud" (or at least phone-home) equivalency holds very well in the commercial space.
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I disagree with this. From what I can see, there is no overall difference between the left and right in terms of respect for law.
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Easily.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend" has never actually been true.
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Perhaps. Personally, I consider it to be a bad thing and is one of (not the only) reasons that I will not use Uber. I value being able to predict what something will cost.
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If your needs are minimal, as would be the case if you just want a mail server to handle a single email address, then it can be simple. There are even a number of live CD images that will have you running in a few minutes.
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This is simply not true. Losing your moral sense is clearly the greater evil.
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Between Comcast and AT&T, I think AT&T is clearly the greater evil.
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The law is pretty clear -- if you steal something, you're guilty of theft regardless of whether you intend to, or actually do, return whatever you stole.
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What actually happens if you refuse to participate in the census is that census workers knock on your neighbors doors to ask about you and fill in whatever they can learn that way.
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But surely in order to be a corporate front, they have to exist, right?
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