I don't think that relying on firmware updates to keep people secure is a good idea. Even if they are available, people tend to be quite lax when it comes to updating stuff.

The devices need to be considered untrusted, and the network itself needs to be secure.

Matter, the underlying protocol for IoT devices, is fully open and fully local-only (no cloud needed). It's supported by Home Assistant and other open source apps.

The Google APIs are only needed where a device can't use the Matter protocol itself for some reason, or where they want to integrate with other Google services. If you don't want those, just use Matter devices locally with Home Assistant instead.

It very likely already supports that, because it is built on the same tech as Work Profile which does. It's just a new UI that makes the existing feature easier to use. You can enable the same thing today with the open source Shelter app, which supports auth-on-launch.

It seems like a reasonable trade off to have your phone accidentally lock when you set off on a sudden sprint, in exchange for having it lock if someone snatches it. You can turn it off if you regularly carry your phone while practicing your sprints.

In sane legal jurisdictions that doesn't matter. It's reasonable to expect that deleted images, especially when accompanied by warnings that that they cannot be recovered, are really gone. Consumers should not have to assume everything is a lie, or hire a lawyer to determine that the EULA redefines words to have a new and different meaning.

If you see the world through the eyes of a 5 year old watching a cartoon, it's no wonder you think that way.

Some people believe so strongly that we are the goodies and China are the baddies that anything which challenges that view gets this kind of reaction. It's why we are losing, too many people can't accept that it's even possible. They must be cheating, or stealing this tech we haven't invented yet!

Could be a serious GDPR issue. We need a bit more detail, but retaining intimate photos of a user after they have asked you to delete it, and worse still you told them it was deleted, is a pretty serious issue.

They can't hide emissions. We can detect them with satellites and monitoring in neighbouring countries.

You can get a visa (it's very easy) and go count the wind turbines yourself.

All you have done is look at some developer spraying some rocks to make their development more attractive, and assumed that it must be the government, and that therefore everything in China is a lie.

You seem to be a bit confused about what the peak is. The US peaked at around 22.7 tons per capita. China is currently at about 8 tons per capita, and that looks like it will be the peak as they start falling from next year. The timing may vary a bit, but they certainly are not going to reach 22.7 tons per capita.

By the way, while the US has been falling, it's still at about 14.5 tons per capital, i.e. still nearly twice the average Chinese person. The EU27 is at 7.25 tons, and enjoys a lifestyle comparable or better than the US, so cue the other excuses like "the US is bigger, we have to commute further, we need more air conditioning" etc.

Sorry if this comes off as harsh, but it's just an undeniable fact that the US is emitting a lot of CO2 per person.

Every country has top down control, that's what government is.

Do you object to car emissions standards, for example?

Why assume such an extreme is being proposed? That's silly.

Excessive consumption that damages the environment and causes climate change seems like a logical thing to regulate, and one which we have already taken in many instances. For example, there is a limit on the emissions from new cars, and older ones have to be regularly tested to ensure they are not out of spec.

We know that emissions harm other people when they enter their lungs, and we know they contribute to climate change. The EU is considering rules to reduce the amount of plastic in packaging, is that too much for you?

The obvious flaw in this argument is that half the stuff we produce is crap we don't need.

It is also no measure of quality, such as how long things last or how much waste plastic is in the packaging. And specifically here, "value" does not measure emissions and pollution from the manufacturing process - in fact value is increased if it is done the cheaper, less environmentally friendly way.

Besides, the US artificially reduced its emissions by outsourcing them to China, which may have turned out to be a good thing because apparently China is much more efficient at manufacturing stuff while emitting less CO2.

Japanese heavy machinery has been very good for a long time now, but check out some reviews of Chinese equipment on YouTube. Often you get what you pay for, as in the cheaper stuff has some limitations, but the quality is decent and it gets the job done. A lot of the self-build crowd are importing smaller Chinese machines like diggers now.

I say this not because I want you to buy a Chinse digger, but because John Deere seems to be just the latest company to screw itself by not just failing to remain competitive, but by actively harming its customers. People used to ask "but where will I get the parts for my Chinese tractor?", and now the answer is "AliExpress, and there is no DRM so you can fit them yourself!"

They will be funding some campaigns in exchange for a big fat bailout soon.

"Value" doesn't help limit climate change. Reducing emissions does, and per-capita is the only reasonably fair way to measure them.