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      <title>Can My Electric Toothbrush Spy on Me?</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Toothbrush Co.&#39;s New Smart Toothbrush Monitors Your Teeth&#xA;&#xA;  “You get the data on your teeth!”&#xA;&#xA;Track your family&#39;s oral hygiene in the click of an ad a smile :-)&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;Handy app shows how well you and your children are brushing! Sends you handy tips tailored to your personal oral hygiene requirements.&#xA;&#xA;Simply install our handy companion app , link the toothbrush to the app at the click of a button, and every time you brush we&#39;ll update your tooth hygiene profile.&#xA;&#xA;Multi-pack discount! Keep tabs on your whole family at once. Even when they move out of your home to live their own lives, you we can still track them.&#xA;&#xA;  “We&#39;ve got our teeth into your data!”&#xA;&#xA; | &#xA;---|---&#xA;&#xA;Important notes:&#xA;&#xA;App runs proprietary software: only we know what is does.&#xA;Brush runs proprietary software: only we know what is does.&#xA;App requires your consent to Google or Apple tracking.&#xA;Brush requires your consent to Toothbrush Co. tracking.&#xA;Both require your consent to Valued Partners tracking you too.&#xA;App may will send you carefully selected offers.&#xA;Requires giving it us your wifi password.&#xA;Sends your data to our servers, where we mine it.&#xA;Option to get your own data back from us. See subscription tiers.&#xA;We may will collect additional data about your habits.&#xA;We can remotely upgrade or disable our app.&#xA;We can remotely upgrade or disable your toothbrush.&#xA;Oops; did we say &#34;your&#34; toothbrush? Now It&#39;s Ours.&#xA;Mwahahahaha!&#xA;&#xA;---&#xA;&#xA;#gadgeteering #whoseIOT&#xA;&#xA;See also: What to Give: Tech Gadgets that Respect Our Freedom&#xA;&#xA;Image credits: Susa via Open Clipart; Oleg via MarvelApp; PxFuel&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;Follow/Feedback/Contact: RSS feed · Fedi follow this blog: @julian&amp;ZeroWidthSpace;@wrily.foad.me.uk · matrix me · Fedi follow me · email me · julian.foad.me.uk&#xD;&#xA;Donate: via Liberapay&#xD;&#xA;All posts &amp;copy; Julian Foad and licensed CC-BY-ND except quotes, translations, or where stated otherwise&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 id="toothbrush-co-s-new-smart-toothbrush-monitors-your-teeth" id="toothbrush-co-s-new-smart-toothbrush-monitors-your-teeth">Toothbrush Co.&#39;s New Smart Toothbrush Monitors Your Teeth</h2>

<blockquote><p>“<strong>You get the data on your teeth!</strong>”</p></blockquote>

<p>Track your family&#39;s oral hygiene in the click of <del>an ad</del> a smile :–)
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<p>Handy app* shows how well you and your children are brushing! Sends you* handy tips* tailored to your personal* oral hygiene requirements*.</p>

<p>Simply install our handy companion app* , link* the toothbrush* to the app* at the click of a button*, and every time you brush we&#39;ll update your tooth hygiene profile.</p>

<p>Multi-pack discount! Keep tabs on your whole family at once. Even when they move out of your home to live their own lives, <del>you</del> <em>we</em> can still track them.</p>

<blockquote><p>“<strong>We&#39;ve got our teeth into your data!</strong>”</p></blockquote>

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<p><strong>Important notes:</strong></p>
<ul><li>*App runs proprietary software: only we know what is does.</li>
<li>*Brush runs proprietary software: only we know what is does.</li>
<li>*App requires your consent to Google or Apple tracking.</li>
<li>*Brush requires your consent to Toothbrush Co. tracking.</li>
<li>*Both require your consent to Valued Partners tracking you too.</li>
<li>*App <del>may</del> <em>will</em> send you carefully selected offers.</li>
<li>*Requires giving <del>it</del> <em>us</em> your wifi password.</li>
<li>*Sends your data to our servers, where we mine it.</li>
<li>*Option to get your own data back from us. See subscription tiers.</li>
<li>*We <del>may</del> <em>will</em> collect additional data about your habits.</li>
<li>*We can remotely upgrade or disable our app.</li>
<li>*We can remotely upgrade or disable your toothbrush.</li>
<li>*Oops; did we say “your” toothbrush? <strong>Now It&#39;s Ours.</strong></li>
<li>*Mwahahahaha!</li></ul>

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<p><a href="https://wrily.foad.me.uk/tag:gadgeteering" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">gadgeteering</span></a> <a href="https://wrily.foad.me.uk/tag:whoseIOT" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">whoseIOT</span></a></p>

<p>See also: <a href="https://wrily.foad.me.uk/what-to-give-tech-gadgets-that-respect-our-freedom">What to Give: Tech Gadgets that Respect Our Freedom</a></p>

<p>Image credits: <a href="https://openclipart.org/artist/Susa">Susa</a> via <a href="https://openclipart.org/">Open Clipart</a>; Oleg via <a href="https://marvelapp.github.io/devices.css/">MarvelApp</a>; <a href="https://www.pxfuel.com/">PxFuel</a></p>



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