<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 12:19 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><br>
That's taking the term 'watch' too literally. These things are only
incidentally watches. They are computers with a bunch of sensors,
that you strap to your wrist. Not being able to turn them off when
you want (for whatever reason, this isn't something anyone needs to
justify) would be totally unacceptable.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I suppose. But the primary reason for the capability to power off is to reboot the operating system.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div> Would you buy a car with an
engine that you couldn't turn off?</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Like a Tesla that's always in stand-by so it can be summoned?</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div> A TV?</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Dollars to donuts, your TV doesn't power off, it also goes into stand-by mode. Or do you have to get up and push a button to turn it back on instead of using the remote?</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div> A video recorder? Has
anyone actually read 1984?<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Of course. </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>And you can switch it off, as someone else explained a few posts
ago. So that's fine. It's just the attitude 'why would you want to?'
that astonishes me. Just dumbly accept what the manufacturers sell
you, no questions asked, no control allowed or even desired. That's
how you sleepwalk into a dystopia.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm not dumbly accepting anything. I don't use a watch. I've got a smart phone but I know what the risks are and I accept them.</div><div><br></div><div>If you "dumbly accept" that having a power button really gives you control, maybe you shouldn't.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
Actually, it seems there are already smartphones that you literally
can't turn off, can't even remove the battery. Perhaps we're already
halfway there.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Use a Faraday bag, while it's still legal. :-)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/faraday-bag/s?k=faraday+bag">https://www.amazon.com/faraday-bag/s?k=faraday+bag</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>-Dave</div></div></div>