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I found the idea that it could be always listening to you creepy at first...but if you think about it your mobile phone, landline phone, computer microphone and

I found the idea that it could be always listening to you creepy at first...but if you think about it your mobile phone, landline phone, computer microphone and more could be hijacked to always listen to you as well so there isn't much difference.

aluhut 10y ago
There is a huge difference: You voluntarily give away this information with this device while on the others there is work involved from a 3rd party. Most of the time you won't be worth it. While on Echo, you are just a part of the Quality System and Eris knows what they'll do with all that information in the future. Algorithms and AI is there to sort it out. I find it creepy but what creeps me even more out is people who don't find it creepy.
CaptSpify 10y ago
"I thought leaving my door key under my matt was a bad idea, but then I realized that if someone wanted into my house, they could just break my window!" I'm not saying your making the wrong decision, it's a trade-off that everyone needs to make individually. If your happy with your Echo, great! But just because someone has one attack-vector on you doesn't mean you should dismiss new attack vectors.
- srssays 10y ago
  You should be more worried about using npm. How do you know that when you install 100 of different dependencies, there isn't one that is turning on your mic and listening to your conversations? The Echo is an unlikely device to be compromised and recording everything you say, because it's pretty locked down and definitely not a general purpose computer.
  - CaptSpify 10y ago
    (I don't use npm, but I do use other repos) The difference between an Echo and repo-code is that repo-code is open-source. I can verify it's running what it's running. AFAIK, there's no way to do that with the Echo. > it's pretty locked down source? AFAIK you can't verify what it's doing, so it doesn't matter how well it's locked down.

aluhut 10y ago

There is a huge difference: You voluntarily give away this information with this device while on the others there is work involved from a 3rd party. Most of the time you won't be worth it. While on Echo, you are just a part of the Quality System and Eris knows what they'll do with all that information in the future. Algorithms and AI is there to sort it out. I find it creepy but what creeps me even more out is people who don't find it creepy.

CaptSpify 10y ago

"I thought leaving my door key under my matt was a bad idea, but then I realized that if someone wanted into my house, they could just break my window!" I'm not saying your making the wrong decision, it's a trade-off that everyone needs to make individually. If your happy with your Echo, great! But just because someone has one attack-vector on you doesn't mean you should dismiss new attack vectors.

srssays 10y ago
You should be more worried about using npm. How do you know that when you install 100 of different dependencies, there isn't one that is turning on your mic and listening to your conversations? The Echo is an unlikely device to be compromised and recording everything you say, because it's pretty locked down and definitely not a general purpose computer.
- CaptSpify 10y ago
  (I don't use npm, but I do use other repos) The difference between an Echo and repo-code is that repo-code is open-source. I can verify it's running what it's running. AFAIK, there's no way to do that with the Echo. > it's pretty locked down source? AFAIK you can't verify what it's doing, so it doesn't matter how well it's locked down.