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The techlash isn’t big enough to stop Facebook from selling video chat devices for your living room

The techlash isn’t big enough to stop Facebook from selling video chat devices for your living room

5 years ago
Anonymous $4ckUSNo_FL

https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/9/18/20872937/facebook-portal-privacy-techlash-tv

Facebook thinks you’re okay with Facebook devices that watch you and listen to you. What if Facebook is right?

A year ago, when Facebook launched its own video chat device, it seemed like a clueless move by an out-of-touch tech giant: Under fire for abusing its users’ privacy, Facebook was still stumbling forward with a video camera that would surveil its users in their homes.

The techlash isn’t big enough to stop Facebook from selling video chat devices for your living room

Sep 19, 2019, 12:22am UTC
https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/9/18/20872937/facebook-portal-privacy-techlash-tv > Facebook thinks you’re okay with Facebook devices that watch you and listen to you. What if Facebook is right? > A year ago, when Facebook launched its own video chat device, it seemed like a clueless move by an out-of-touch tech giant: Under fire for abusing its users’ privacy, Facebook was still stumbling forward with a video camera that would surveil its users in their homes.