Technology - You need the latest updates.
Once again it was a dark and stormy night. Or it may have been day time, it was difficult to tell from this room without a view to the out of doors. Either way I was a dark and stormy night and was waiting on ignore for a human from Mindo-Naz to explain why my Mindo-Naz Thermostat wasn’t responding to my smart phone, or to anything else I had control of. I had left a text message, a voice message, as well as an email detailing the various seasons that my apartments environmental controls have subjected me to over the last month.
At least my identification hasn’t been stolen, that I know of. I have an uneasy feeling regarding this it’s as if I’m simply waiting for when not if. I don’t really have the money to pay one of those Identity Protection companies. But if I don’t buy their protection and get ripped off, I’ll be in world of hurt. If I do buy their protection and can’t pay other bills that I should pay, I’ll be in a world of pain. Not much of a choice.
Everything we buy becomes part of our lives, has tech built into it. It’s called “The Internet of Things” [IoT] partly because the companies are trying to be helpful and part as a marketing ploy. I’m never sure which way it leans but I’m sure there’s no rule across the industries regarding IoT. Marketing wise IoT fits marketing in the same way words like, “New”, Improved”, Non GMO”, “Gluten Free”, “Improved”, “lasts longer”, “works better”, etc etc etc etc.
In the rush to be the first to get products to market, often times companies will release the product and then later release what are often referred to as ‘updates’. I was working with a product this past Saturday which stopped working about ten times over the course of five hours. Today, Monday, I spent the part of the morning working with the company from whom I’d bought the product and then they in turn referred me to the manufacturer. The company that makes the product told me that I needed the latest update of software for the product and told me where on line I could get that update. After the install I was to test the equipment myself to see if it would fail again. The gentleman who was giving me this information had never heard of the problem I was having with their product, thus I assume he has no idea of whether the latest update will fix the problem or not. How could he, he’d never heard of the problem before.
I wonder whether updating our software, lets the powers that be get into your stuff and know where you are. Or maybe I’m just paranoid. Or maybe it’s just a matter of time.
I long for simpler times.
