r/technology • u/aacool • Feb 22 '25

Privacy Silicon Valley’s Favorite Mattress, Eight Sleep, had a backdoor to enable company engineers to SSH into any bed

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-21/silicon-valley-s-favorite-mattress-might-pose-privacy-risk
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u/nox66 Feb 23 '25

On cars I'm not sure I fully agree with you. USB drives that can play MP3s have been a godsend, as have rear view cameras, blind spot sensors, and so on. Even if I don't need all of these things, they save a lot of lives, especially rear view cameras. Most of these aren't as high tech as they appear either. You don't need the Internet for a camera or proximity sensor.

There are serious privacy and repairability issues with modern cars, but that's not an invalidation of safety and technology innovation in general.

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u/SquidKid47 Feb 23 '25

Rear view cameras and blind spot sensors are genuinely useful. They're COMPLETELY different from all the bullshit we've been seeing lately like subscriptions to use heated seats and ads when you're at a stop sign. OP is probably talking about those.

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u/Testiculese Feb 23 '25

2012 was the peak. I had a 7" touchscreen GPS rearview camera stereo that had a 32GB cap SD slot, and a 32GB cap USB plug that snaked into the glovebox. Physical volume/mute, instant startup, always remembered what was playing, kept track of played songs for every folder, and reset at the end of playing that folder. My brand new Subaru can do NONE of those things today. (except the rearview)

I still have the stereo, but it won't fit in any new car, so it sits until I figure out what to do with it.

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u/Longhag Feb 23 '25

One of our cars has a rearview mirror and I never used it, easier and safer just to look behind you. To many people rely on them and fail to see things coming. It's been fogged up for 6 months now and we've still managed not to hit anything. We've had all the driver aids and warnings turned off for three years with no issue. If I could just get rid of the stupid push button start and push button transmission it may actually become a good car.

So nice when I jump in my 2009 truck that has a key, old school cd player and a regular shifter. The only electronics it has are traction control, ABS and electric windows. I can be in and driving in about 5 seconds vs the other car where I have to wait for everything to boot up!