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> And you can always monitor the network traffic. This is meaningless if the connection is encrypted. The device can wait to send data that it's collected with
by fucking_tragedy 8y ago
> And you can always monitor the network traffic.
This is meaningless if the connection is encrypted. The device can wait to send data that it's collected without telling you along with data you expect it to send to Amazon, and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
- wvenable 8y agoYou'd be able to tell if some traffic is being sent. If my Echo is spying on me day and in out then I'd expect a pretty constant stream of traffic from it. If the Echo was ever caught intentionally spying (either through analysis or someone leaking that information) that would be the end of that product line forever.
- fucking_tragedy 8y agoIn my OP, I laid out an example in which an Echo could spy on you and waits to send data along with legitimate and expected network communications. > If the Echo was ever caught intentionally spying (either through analysis or someone leaking that information) that would be the end of that product line forever. Truthfully, I don't think many people would care.
- wvenable 8y agoSo people who do care would care and people who don't care already don't care. But trying to appeal to people who would care without any evidence is really pointless.
- epmaybe 8y agoWhat if Amazon were caught doing that, though?
- fucking_tragedy 8y agoGiven how privacy scandals have played out in the past, probably nothing of much consequence relative to the size of a company like Amazon.