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Surveillance capitalism.
by bem94 10y ago
Surveillance capitalism.
- waynenilsen 10y agoSay hello to smartphones, this is already pervasive. "Ok Google"
- tedmiston 10y agoDoes Google still listen if it's face down? (Siri doesn't, at least by default)
- netsharc 10y agoI wondered the other day if the Echo could track people who pirate their Prime shows (e.g. The Grand Tour, which became the most pirated show ever). The show begins with a "Amazon originals" banner with a particular chime. So all the Echo needs to do is listen to that chime, and listen for another few seconds to determine which show it is. Since it's connected to your account, it can see if you have Prime and if you just started watching the show. If it's not the case, it can flag you as presumably pirating the show. Even if they don't do anything evil with it, they can also do metrics of "favorite shows among pirates".
- bem94 10y agoYeah that sounds like a dangerously feasible (technically speaking) thing to do. It certainly falls under my category of evil too. Using someones device for ends or as means to something the customer was not explicitly aware of when buying it has always occupied the morally (and often legally) low ground.
- YCode 10y agoWhat does Alexa report home? I can't seem to find anything detailing what all is sent.
- konspence 10y agoThis wouldn't be reliable, it's very plausible it's somebody else's account being used.