Why must we label? They’re all the rage everywhere. It isn’t just a “blind community,” thing.
And, you can have all the conversations that you want in your limited circle, or try to give your blog and social media posts a wider reach to bring in more, but things will remain the same. People will still continue to use Siri or smart speaker of choice. And they like the fact that their echo can order them dinner, dog food or toilet paper, see their calendars, etc. and even if you don’t follow techy sites or blogs on social media, you still hear about these things and the potentials for security risks. Yet, people are still buying.
I don’t use my smart speakers for anything beyond making it play music, look up a recipe, tell me weather, maybe turning on the fan. And I know big brother is watching and listening. This is all too apparent when the echo decides to look up something because it thinks I said the wake up word, when it was the tv. True story…
And in case I was ever in doubt that the internet is creepier beyond Siri and smart speakers… a company that I applied for a job with is now showing up in my sponsored ads on fb. Frankly, I find that way more creepy and disconcerting.
And it’s unavoidable. I will educate myself as best I can and be as safe as I can, but I won’t go off the grid nor will I live in paranoia. The internet of things is the way we’re going.
You do you, and the blind community can do whatever it wants to and with itself. People gotta learn how to educate themselves without forced conversation by groups of individuals who pretend to care. Too much forced handholding goes on disguised as education.