knightly

Not much I can do about that, but I can at least keep them off my network so that info isn't associated with my IP address and sold off to whoever wants it.

why?

For the same reason that one might block ads or cookies, of course. I don't want a third party corporation profiling the bluetooth devices in my house and selling data about me to advertizers.

what does their device locator service have to do with your home network?

Apple's device locator service uses the internet to report device IDs and GPS coords to Apple.

I'm genuinely curious, because nothing from that service has anything to do with anything that might happen on your network

Ideally, that would be true. But device locators necessarily report their snooping using an internet connection, and if they're on my home network when they do it then they'd associate my IP address with my location. That's way more of my personal information than I want Apple to have.

There's no hiding secrets from the future.

So they can implement their own backdoor

I'm still waiting for the furries to switch to Matrix.

People who use "dude" as a gender neutral term should tell me how many dudes they've kissed.

One doesn't have to go looking, there's lots of assholes who think it's "apolitical" to assume that everyone working in software is a dude.

Now?

I recall a project that had rat brain cells controlling a turtlebot years ago.

Poe's Law and its corrolaries are the bane of my existence. XD

It's hard to laugh at absurdity when a not-insignificant percentage of the population genuinely believes it to be truth.

Where's the /s?

I'm not kidding, I can't tell if you're being sincere or sarcastic. XD

Colorado is great, just don't move anywhere near Colorado Springs unless you wanna help turn it purple. The city is a Republican enclave full of defense contractors and wrapped around the Air Force Academy and a Space Force base.