A man who got kicked off a service because of an alleged remark.

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    1 year ago

    On one side, critics lambasted Jackson as a dupe for having smart devices in the first place; […]

    Yah … that.

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      1 year ago

      Having smart devices isn’t dumb, but you have to implement them properly.

      It’s dumb to hand control of your smart home over to a 3rd party, though.

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      1 year ago

      This is victim blaming. He isn’t at fault for trusting a company to have the bare minimum of respect for his property and autonomy, the company is at fault for not actually having that respect. Whether the company is actually trustworthy is as immaterial as saying someone “deserved” to have their car stolen because they forgot to lock it.

      You can criticize him for not being cautious in this low-trust environment, but don’t let it get to the point where the party actually at fault gets off without criticism.

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        1 year ago

        This is victim blaming.

        Only to some degree. The guy is a software engineer and should have known better. I’d agree if it was Jenny from accounting. You could just as well point out “victim blaming” when I called someone a moron for jumping from a three storey building and breaking his legs, because it was neither his intention nor was he aware that it could break his legs. For a software engineer to employ cloud based “smart” devices and then wonder if it backfires is borderline moronic.

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      He may have made a mistake but his heart seems to be in the right place. Even if not before, it is now. His stance is commendable. Let’s allow people to get better than they were before.