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by alexqgb 4999 days ago
Let's not forget: the product itself was hideously creepy. It was intended to be a Trojan horse designed to harvest semi-private data from previously inaccessible spaces / transactions / situations, etc, but the design made those intentions a bit to clear - at least to a critical mass of people who were actually paying close attention (not surprising giving the $ involved).