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What is this alleged 'conspiracy' story? An Amazon device recorded a private conversation and transmitted it to someone else, and it did so without the user's
by BonesJustice 8y ago
What is this alleged 'conspiracy' story? An Amazon device recorded a private conversation and transmitted it to someone else, and it did so without the user's knowledge or intent. That actually happened.
How it happened is only relevant to the engineers who build and maintain the thing. I, on the other hand, could not care less how it happened, and the fact that it did happen is reason enough never to buy one of those infernal devices.
- BookmarkSaver 8y ago>How it happened is only relevant to the engineers who build and maintain the thing. I, on the other hand, could not care less how it happened I'm sorry, this is just stupid. If you cannot see the distinction between a feature that was intended to spontaneously record audio, and a bug caused by faulty voice-processing, then that's on you. The distinction is pretty critical
- BonesJustice 8y agoCritical to what, exactly? The consequences to the user are the same. Obviously, intentionally designing a feature that spontaneously records and transmits audio is a problem for many reasons. But the lack of intent does not magically erase the consequences for the people who experience this kind of bug. And, to be clear, this was not simply a matter of "faulty voice-processing". The fact that this could happen without the user's knowledge is a problem in itself. Clearly, there are inadequate visual and audio cues, and insufficient or nonexistent verification. Those failures are not bugs; they are bad design and engineering.
- kerng 8y agoYes. The fact that the capability exists is the issue. We need system design that mitigates these core privacy violations.