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The last item in this list is really disappointing and gives the rest of the article a lot less credibility, which is too bad. Most of these are good examples o
by kbos87 8y ago
The last item in this list is really disappointing and gives the rest of the article a lot less credibility, which is too bad. Most of these are good examples of things that users should be outraged about - they are deliberate decisions made by companies or their employees to further their own interests on the backs of and at the expense of their users without their consent. While I’m no Amazon fan, I’m pretty convinced that the last example of an Alexa malfunction really was an unintended bug. Conflating the two types of situations makes it easy for people to write this off as biased.
- xg15 8y agoI think it's actually good that's the last point it's on there. Sure, for the company it may make a difference, but a user couldn't care less if a privacy breach was a bug, a "feature", an outside attack or something else. If an enterprise provides a service, it's their responsibility to properly secure it. If they made the decision to use experimental technology or to transfer everything into the cloud, that's their business decision and they should be liable for it.
- octosphere 8y ago> The last item in this list Keep in mind I had JavaScript turned on when I visited the page and it was using an 'infinite scroll' mechanism to show me the next article, so you need to watch statements like: "The last item in this list"
- fipple 8y agoAn unintended action can still cause huge amounts of harm.
- dasil003 8y agoFair, however the fact that it's a totally unintended bug is what makes it all the more terrifying. In fact I would assume the Alexa team has been freaking out pretty hard about this because it has the potential to kill the entire market before it matures.
- AndrewUnmuted 8y agoIt’s too late for that. Alexa is bundled in new Sonos units, and anybody with a Fire TV already has it.