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Give Amazon a key to my home? Hmm. They want to listen to me inside my home, watch me with a camera, and also be able to unlock my front door? "It's safe, you
by brndnmtthws 9y ago
Give Amazon a key to my home? Hmm. They want to listen to me inside my home, watch me with a camera, and also be able to unlock my front door?
"It's safe, you can trust us! We'll never spy on you!"
-- Jeff Bezos
- kawsper 9y agoPardon my ignorance, but how is Amazon watching customers with a camera?
- 24gttghh 9y agoWell, they could conceivably watch as you enter/exit your home, but if you have Alexa already then I would think they could infer from silence or lack-thereof whether the home is occupied.
- dbbk 9y agoAlexa doesn't open any connection to Amazon servers until you say the hotword 'Alexa'.
- 24gttghh 9y agoOne could still infer from a lack of 'Alexa' hotword prompts over a span of time whether the home was occupied I reckon.
- zimpenfish 9y agoOr Bluetooth connections if you can use it as a speaker. Or the presence of other devices on the WIFI. There's a few ways you can passively detect human presence, I think.
- twothamendment 9y agoThat kinda logic doesn't work. Just because someone doesn't use Alexa for hours doesn't mean they aren't home. It happens every night.
- 24gttghh 9y agoI will elaborate further: inspect usage trends of Alexa to determine anomalies, i.e. times of no usage in the day when the owner isn't home.
- theBobBob 9y agoThey have a version of the Amazon Echo that has a camera for video calls. Its called the Amazon Echo Show.
- yathern 9y agoThe version of echo that hangs out in your room and tells you how good your outfit is. I wish I were joking: https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/6/15924120/amazon-echo-look-review-camera-clothes-style https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/6/15924120/amazon-echo-look-...
- craftyguy 9y agoAll of those amazon echo products are watching you.
- EADGBE 9y ago...And what about people who use their garage door for main entry/exit?
- chillingeffect 9y agoIf posters are not willing to read as far as the first sentence below the headline on the article's page, why should they be invited to discuss the article with those of us who have made the effort to read it?
- stephengillie 9y agoWelcome to the Fishbowl. You are live on channel 44,000, please do not swear.
- enlightenedfool 9y agoWell, as usual, they have market in which people don't care. Convenience rules for them. On the other hand, when everything and everyone is tracked, there's no need to lock the home anymore.
- Shivetya 9y agoI am not too concerned with Amazon, I am more worried about law enforcement using this ability via warrant to gain easier access to a home, recordings, etc.