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  • Was doing enterprise IoT consulting a while back. Asked why they needed to collect all the data? Nobody could answer. Someone finally said, so we can analyze usage patterns. I asked, “OK, but why?” Finally, someone said: “So we know when and where to advertise our sales.”

    Also did automotive consulting work. Connected vehicles. Asked the same questions. I’m not too worried about my car collecting a lot of data. It’s so they can plan their next sales event.

    Not that it’s OK to violate privacy. Just saying, the reason may be way more banal than we think









  • In my old consulting days, a lot of work showed up when companies cut corners, laid people off they should not have, and generally made bad management decisions.

    They would then show up, hat in hand, asking if things could be quickly patched and fixed.

    99% of the time, the answer was that it needed to be rewritten. Often they would be forced to bring back some of the former employees since they had domain expertise, at multiple what they were paid before.

    Guessing the same will happen here.