New 'connected' tech may be eco-friendly — but it comes with a digital leash attached

The Michael Coren story on trashing old tech to save the planet (“Why recycling never pays for itself — and how to fix that,” Nov. 8, 2026) would be sound advice if in fact all of the factors involved were included. I agree with going “green” but what about the cost to our privacy for all that “newness”? New tech comes with a tether to the Internet, where everything we do and everywhere we go is logged, uploaded, and eventually collected to form a digital picture of each of us.