Sauron, the high-end home security startup for “super premium” customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for “super premium” customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos
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*It all began with the forging of the Great Rings. Three were given to the Elves; immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven, to the Dwarf Lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power […] But they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made…*
Oh come on, how many more LOTR references are they going to use.
Yes not an ominous name for a surveillance company at all
Anybody got Saruman.com yet?
Named for Sauron who famously let halflings sneak in unawares to fulfil his complete undoing
Up next a company called Adolf
I have a start up idea I’mma call Bombadil.
IDK what we’re going to make, but let me tell you, hey there, darry doll, it’s gonna be a good ‘un.
Reminds me of that tweet:
“At long last, we’ve created the Torment Nexus from the scifi classic ‘Don’t Create the Torment Nexus'”
They gonna make a Torment Matrix?
One step closer to 1984
“Today, we are excited to announce the launch of a new kind of AI company: Satan™. Satan™ integrates into every mobile device and Smart Appliance in your home to provide real time monitoring of your friends and family to data brokers around the world. Through our partners at Google, Samsung, and the State Department, Satan™ will enable unprecedented, round-the-clock surveillance and automated behavioral analysis to bring you a personalized ad experience in every area of the home while keeping you and your family safe from home invaders and the mental invaders of intrusive, unpatriotic thoughts.
# Satan™ – Welcome Home”
Absolute fucking technodorks
I’ve got an idea for their next tech company. Just call it Hitler.
Can we stop naming these horrible companies after Tolkien ideas? Palantir. Anduril. Sauron.
Just stop it.
of course I want the *evil* all-seeing eye watching my home
The Tolkien Estate needs to sue their asses.
I refuse to believe these tech idiots actually read the books
What’s up with these tech bro fucks and naming their companies after evil LOTR things?
These people who keep naming companies after evil in LOTR… wtf??
techbro doesn’t name something after Tolkien Challenge: Impossible
Sonos is a terrible experience, best of luck
So they got a guy that contributed to Sonos’ epic fuckup?
Yes, please keep naming your tech companies after evil things.
READ ANOTHER BOOK YOU FUCKS
Will this help make the Sonos app usable?
Sauron , the super evil entity, lost by allowing two regular dudes to sneak past him. Fuck, these assholes are stupid.
Also, Sonos is flakey as fuck, so this checks out.