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Why include: Advertising is pervasive online, and increasingly showing up in devices. Many sources, including US government agencies, suggest ad block as a way of enhancing security. Ad block can help consumers own their own devices by controlling what they do. There are efforts to use copyright law (e.g., DMCA/spotify/revanced, and German court case) to force you to run programs on your device. See also, [[Advertising overload]] | Why include: Advertising is pervasive online, and increasingly showing up in devices. Many sources, including US government agencies, suggest ad block as a way of enhancing security. Ad block can help consumers own their own devices by controlling what they do. There are efforts to use copyright law (e.g., DMCA/spotify/revanced, and German court case) to force you to run programs on your device. See also, [[Advertising overload]] | ||
|[https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/german_court_ruling_ad_blocking/] | |[https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/german_court_ruling_ad_blocking/] | ||
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|Utility (e.g., electricity, gas, water) meter that is programmable and typically communicates. | |||
Issues: Demand/time of day pricing. Surveilance (patterns in electricity use identify when users home, what appliances they are using, etc.) Security issues (remote manipulation). | |||
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