Pioneering research has discovered how smart devices talk to Android apps and each other to share data that allows them to know who enters a home, when, and how much they earn
The difference is the part immediately after you stopped quoting:
They don’t understand how horrible the loss of privacy is…
What OP is saying here is that people know abstractly that smart devices are not privacy friendly, but they don’t understand how big a deal that actually can be.
You say you don’t think the issue is that people don’t know then immediately begin with “they don’t understand…”
What’s the difference?
The difference is the part immediately after you stopped quoting:
What OP is saying here is that people know abstractly that smart devices are not privacy friendly, but they don’t understand how big a deal that actually can be.
So what you guys are saying is that people have no idea how much their privacy is being invaded.
Not understanding is the same as not knowing. I know that a car pollutes the environment but I don’t understand just how much. I don’t know the info.
And don’t understand the extent of its impact.
Exactly, they aren’t the same.