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Samsung (Dacor) discloses this behavior in their fridge manual; it says it will mesh with Samsung TVs to better target ads.

I’m not about to buy a Samsung set to find out what it actually does in practice. The fridge has deep learning object classifiers and internal cameras; I assume that is a big part of its ad targeting capability.

Note that the fridge has demand response / energy use time shifting features that don’t work unless it is connected to the internet.

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> Samsung (Dacor) discloses this behavior in their fridge manual; it says it will mesh with Samsung TVs to better target ads.

...seriously?

...we collectively did this to ourselves. We live in the science fiction dystopian future we deserve.

You know all those stories about weird little shops run by suspicious characters but filled with incredible items that end up being cursed. That's every single shop right now. All of our technology is cursed. They will bring you great things, as promised, but always at some hidden price because those items exist to serve a dark master.

> serve a dark master.

They're not in the necromancy business.

Yet.

I wouldn't be shocked if we saw dead loved ones deepfaked into ads before long.

https://www.techspot.com/news/96112-james-earl-jones-gives-b...

Luke … I … am your father.

Honestly I would pay extra to have Obi-Wan speak in my voice, Yoda like Elmer Fudd and Vader like Daffy Duck.

And Jar-Jar? Like the Coyote. Not even the Roadrunner.

Every single Millennial/Zoomer and on who use TikTok/Vine/Snap/Insta/Shorts/Etc will be able to be deepfaked to their kids or grandkids.

Maybe the targeting works the other way around. Those refrigerators have cameras. Maybe a little bit of machine learning to figure out what you buy and play targeted ads based on what's in your fridge or what used to be in your fridge but isnt currently.

>demand response / energy use time shifting features that don’t work unless it is connected to the internet.

I don't understand. What extra info does it need from the internet to keep the food at the right temperature, other than just the current temperature inside the fridge?

if (Fridge is too hot) then { cool }.

That's it. You don't need internet for that.

That's what you get for using a fridge with internet.

I thought they were to keep things cold? That requires internet?

There are few things more chilling than certain forums on the Internet.

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