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This is the scariest of all. * Anything you say in your home is the property of Google/Amazon * You have sex with your wife? The sounds you make are their pro
by edblarney 10y ago
This is the scariest of all.
* Anything you say in your home is the property of Google/Amazon *
You have sex with your wife? The sounds you make are their property.
Say something politically incorrect? Amazon/FB might not use it against you, but they might have the data stored and others can.
I really can't believe allow this stuff in their homes.
FB/G etc. are too big to do directly nefarious things like 'use the mic on your smartphone' without your permission, it would blow up on them ... but to do it with your permission? It's crazy.
- fencepost 10y agoKeep an eye on Ars Technica in the next week or two, and also take a look at this article: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/12/police-ask-alexa-did-you-witness-a-murder/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/12/police-ask-alexa-... TL;DR: The Echo uploads audio for cloud-based recognition when it detects voices, but it's not clear if or how long Amazon keeps that. The Echo also has its internal audio buffer which is used for that detection, and in this case the police were looking for any audio that might have been retained in that buffer in the time period before the device was disconnected during the investigation.