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Originally Posted by haertig
Smug people will say, "I'm more secure than to have that stuff in my house." But just ask them, "But do you have an internet connection into your house?" Then watch them hem and haw. Most likely, they won't even know enough about security to realize they should be hemming and hawing in the first place. If you really want security, you've got to disconnect the internet. Period. But that's a bridge too far for most people, including some that claim they are security conscious. "Well, other than that, I am secure." Right.
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To claim that having any listening device (admitted by its makers to be intended for data collection) is no less secure than having any internet connection at all, is a step (or 7) too far. I'm no Scheier, but I do know that it is possible to have a useful internet connection and maintain a tolerable level of security, with minimal handoff of personal data. If others make other choices, that's fine for them, but to claim that there is no essential difference smacks of defensiveness. It is simply not true.