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which means if a smartphone records you, you can play the "why was it listening?" card with an echo, you can't claim "why was it listening!?" because you knew
by bisby 10y ago
which means if a smartphone records you, you can play the "why was it listening?" card
with an echo, you can't claim "why was it listening!?" because you knew it was and that was the reason you bought it.
granted, I dont think Amazon is doing anything nefarious at this point (other than what they normally do, building an advertising repertoire about you). Also, most people seem to agree that it only transmits data to Amazon after being triggered. but thats not to say they couldnt start listening to everything in the future to "improve the product experience". And if you think they are just using the data to answer your immediate question and not to build a profile on you, youre in denial. A smartphone company has no reason to build a profile on you. An advertising/sales company does.
- scottmf 10y agoBut our phones are always listening for "Hey Siri" or "OK Google".
- bisby 10y agoDepending on the brand of phone and the software you have installed on it. And for the phone to keep listening when you explicitly disable that feature would be an issue. Whereas pulling the plug on the echo is the only way to disable listening. Siri isn't the main selling point of buying an iphone. cellular communications (data, sms, or voice) are. Whereas Alexa is 100% the reason to buy an echo. You can't really make the claim you didn't know the echo was listening (since it was the reason you got it), but a person could reasonably make the claim they bought a phone without realizing it was more than just a phone.