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Sure, but isn't that still terrifying? It brings me back to something I wonder about with these voice activated devices: you have no idea what it can do. Voice
by untog 8y ago
Sure, but isn't that still terrifying? It brings me back to something I wonder about with these voice activated devices: you have no idea what it can do. Voice UIs are so utterly opaque, and Amazon(/Google/whoever) pushes new software updates without informing you. So it'll add new commands all the time, and you won't know about it until you accidentally trigger it, making it do... whatever.
But either way, they should surely be confirming this before send, the same way Siri does when I ask it to send a text.
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- newman8r 8y agoyeah it's still off-putting. I haven't used a smartphone in years. Looking back on the days when I did use a smartphone, there was always this tiny fear in the back of my head that maybe I'd pocket-dialed someone and they'd be able to hear my conversation. It actually had a subtle chilling effect. The Hawthorne effect (which discusses how people react to being observed) seems to be especially relevant nowadays as there's a real possibility that we're being recorded at any time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect It's actually a big theme in 1984 where the mere possibility that you were being listened to via telescreen was enough to keep you in line and influence your behavior.