[montereynack]

I sympathize a lot with the headline statement; it boggles my mind on a lot of the data residency/integrity/confidentiality measures taken around massive data silos (as well as the infra teams companies bring to bear to manage, scale and then inevitably publish gospel articles on the web about) when companies could just opt… NOT to collect that data? I really like the model of “It stays on your device, we never see it. At most we get bare-minimum location statistics.” Although I question the assertion that their metrics system won’t be turned against them; seems obvious that anything programmed can be reprogrammed or updated, especially in the modern update-focused age. I don’t think they addressed that beyond a general statement that they took pains to assure that their users won’t ever be spied on. Would be interested in a technical article on that.

Side note, we at Sentinel Devices are taking exactly this “we don’t hold your data” approach for industrial machinery. Think automated AI pipelines that are air-gapped. And we’re hiring! If you’re interested, reach out to [e-mail]