Few of us have time to ponder the existential risks of a new technology like that embodied by smart home devices. The enthusiasm for the features they offer easily overpowers any skepticism one might feel. The companies pushing smart home technology are of little help in this regard, as they always seem to prioritize minimizing the effort required to acquire and set it up. In this opinion piece, we offer an answer to the question of why one might be concerned about having the mundane details of one’s life logged by smart home devices. By virtue of their physical sensors, smart devices help tech companies establish markers of normal behavior for each of the households they are in, markers which are, essentially, tools to detect the moments when we deviate from our normal behavior. These moments, in turn, represent opportunities for third parties outside of our control to swoop in when we are most easily influenced, but not necessarily, of course, in the direction that serves our best interest.

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关于反事实的价值以及智能家居如何通知它

我们中很少有人有时间思考智能家居设备所体现的新技术的存在风险。对它们提供的功能的热情很容易压倒人们可能会感到的任何怀疑。推动智能家居技术的公司在这方面帮助不大，因为他们似乎总是优先考虑最大限度地减少获取和设置所需的工作量。在这篇评论文章中，我们回答了为什么人们可能会担心智能家居设备会记录生活中的平凡细节。凭借其物理传感器，智能设备可以帮助科技公司为他们所在的每个家庭建立正常行为标记，这些标记本质上是检测我们偏离正常行为的时刻的工具。这些时刻，反过来，