• FaceDeer@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    When it was making the rounds of the Fediverse I spent some time hopping between the reposts adding a comment pointing out its falseness. On one of the threads I got a response that was basically “okay, so this particular story is false, but it still supports the narrative we’re arguing and so it might as well be true.”

    Truthiness in a nutshell. Sigh.

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      9 months ago

      Were they trying to argue that IoT could compromise privacy or were they claiming something silly? I recall seeing your posts (thanks) but I’m not sure if I remember the exchange or am thinking of another one.

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        9 months ago

        It was on this thread on [email protected]. I’m guessing it’s a community dedicated to pooping on the Internet of Things, so when something like this comes along they really really want it to be true. I wasn’t paying attention to the communities when I was posting, though, just clicking through all the repost references and giving a cursory glance to see if someone had already pointed out the fakeitude.