First, and hope you were paying attention, if you own Amazon products: Amazon will activate its Sidewalk network on June 8 and automatically connect your Echo and Ring devices with those owned by strangers. Here’s how to opt out.
Next, in case you missed it, as @RealSpikeCohen tweeted,
Let’s face it: privacy is gone. Still, there are a few people out there in the wild who don’t use electronic payments, still shop at actual brick and mortars – where they may even pay in cash – and feel that they have no use for social media, with the possible exception of a Facebook profile, and only because they were missing too many of their friends’ and family’s social gatherings and announcements.
Since we’re nearly 20% of the way into the 21st Century, it may be time to change all of that and what better time than the holiday season? So we’ve compiled a short list of gifts that you may want to consider giving those on your list who are still living in the past:
23 & me or some other DNA-tracking/sharing genetic testing service. Who knows? They may discover long-lost relatives. Or an ethnic background that they never knew they had. Or you may discover that your friend is a criminal and you’ve given the police the break they had been looking for, since there are no rules or oversight when it comes to law enforcement collecting that information. Win-win!