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Doesn't change anything for me, other than affirm my decision to not bug my own home. These seem like fun toys, but there's no way I'm allowing closed-source s
by __jal 9y ago
Doesn't change anything for me, other than affirm my decision to not bug my own home.
These seem like fun toys, but there's no way I'm allowing closed-source surveillance devices that send data to who-knows-where/who, under terms that are mutable by a TOS change nobody ever sees, protected by a firm with interests only sometimes aligned with mine, stored for who knows how long in to my home.
Even if you're fine with all the rest and think Amazon/Google/Apple/whoever is perfectly aligned with your interests, the storage aspect should be troubling. In the US, we've been on a steady downward slope of privacy intrusions from our government. Imagine your personal political boogyman in power when the next bad terrorist strike happens and everyone is in freak-out mode. Last time the Patriot act was sitting in a drawer, waiting for the right time. What is in the next version, sitting in a drawer right now?
- wukerplank 9y agoWhenever I saw a dystopian movie/comic where people would willingly put an always on listening device into their homes, I thought: "Never gonna happen!"
- Joe-Z 9y agoBecause in dystopian movies (your comment reminded me of 'The Fifth Element') they never show the 'but it's just so convenient!'-part. Not arguing for these things, I'd never get one either, but I'm just saying there are (probably?) positive sides to having one as well.
- rblatz 9y agoOdds are you carry one with you everywhere you go.
- hbosch 9y agoBetter be quiet, your laptop, TV, cell phone and car are listening...