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Agreed. It's almost spooky how friends, family, hotels, and other places that used to be considered "private/semi-private" now have microphones listening all th
by stock_toaster 8y ago
Agreed. It's almost spooky how friends, family, hotels, and other places that used to be considered "private/semi-private" now have microphones listening all the time, in plain sight. Most people don't even notice or seem to care.
- wingerlang 8y agoThey probably trust that the company doesn't use it for bad stuff, combined with the fact that they likely have pretty "normal lives" I guess.
- epanchin 8y agoIsn’t it crazy how worked up people get about Alexa, etc., conviently forgetting about the always on microphone they’re carrying around with them every day.
- thatoneuser 8y agoDeliberate obfuscation is the only way to have privacy...
- jumbopapa 8y agoI know people that have said "I don't care about my Alexa because I have my phone all the time anyways", but I think this is really the wrong way to approach privacy. They're just accepting their fate without any type of recourse. I am a fan of Android and it's what I use, but I don't like the privacy concerns. Maybe I'll switch to iOS soon. I'm not patient enough to try to use a device like the Librem phone either.
- stock_toaster 8y agoOr people /don't/ forget, and work hard to turn off that functionality on their mobile devices too, and hate that it is there in the first place (and hope to god turning it off actually disables it). I get that you needed to fulfill some need for a pithy comeback though. Well played.