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I would say, this will never be socially acceptable ... Until my parents in law installed multiple Alexa microphones in their house, and my family of origin all
by foxhop 7y ago
I would say, this will never be socially acceptable ... Until my parents in law installed multiple Alexa microphones in their house, and my family of origin all submitted DNA to ansestry.com to be indexed forever...
Generally speaking, the way to buy a soul is to offer convinieance. It doesn't even have to be major.
For all those thinking there will be regulation or protections, where are those protections for consumers of the current privacy violating services and products?
You sign on the dotted line and are bound by the terms, there is no big other to protect you from you own choices.
You choose whether you sell yourself, but once you do, don't expect a bigger force to keep you protected...
You are the only person who is going to advocate for you and the people you care about.
- jcims 7y ago>Generally speaking, the way to buy a soul is to offer convinieance. Or safety.
- GordonS 7y agoYes, but only along with a constant barrage of FUD that demonises other nations, and has people in fear about things that are unlikely to happen.
- jcims 7y agoTotally agree but that hasn’t been a barrier in the past.
- jeffdavis 7y agoWhy do you think this is limited to fearing other nations? Say the word "drugs" or the word "guns" and watch the people rush to throw the Bill of Rights away.
- GordonS 7y agoYou're right, it's all about the "boogeyman de jour" - at present that's China and Russia, but it could just as easily be drugs, Islam, whatever.
- Invictus0 7y ago> You choose whether you sell yourself, but once you do, don't expect a bigger force to keep you protected... Even that isn't true. Plenty of information can be gathered on even the most privacy oriented person due to the actions of others: see Facebook's shadow profiles, or even the use of the DNA your relatives uploaded to learn about your medical history.
- foxhop 7y agoYes, your friends and family can sell you as well... I have a huge shadow on Facebook because of my wife, as do my children who are not even at the age of consent. If I ever commit a crime, or are framed for one and my DNA is used against me, you better believe my family has sold me out by giving up our shared and essential life force signature. My point is, there is no big other, no religion, or government who will keep you safe from yourself and your choices. (Or the choices of your family and friends). Any human made laws are show through out history to be maliable, very flexible. Those that bend the rules take power over those who dont, or don't understand. A great example of this is tax law ... Huge power disparity between those wealthly enough to find ways to bend the law and those who cannot or do not...
- umanwizard 7y ago> Until my parents in law installed multiple Alexa microphones in their house How are the privacy implications of Alexa microphones any different from those of smartphones (which contain microphones and voice assistant software, just like the Echo does)?
- calvertdw 7y agoI think they mean the difference between "always listening" and "manual activation" or "no voice recognition" which is pretty significant.
- jsty 7y agoA fair few phones now can be set to have the virtual assistant listen for the wake-word in the same way as an Alexa / Google Home / ...
- ip26 7y agoThe one saving grace with phones is if they were constantly streaming recordings 24/7, you would probably notice the battery & data consumption. Much less so with wall-powered devices connected to WiFi.
- umanwizard 7y agoIf Alexa were streaming recordings 24/7, someone would have noticed it by now. It's not that hard to inspect a device's data usage, even over WiFi.
- zxcmx 7y agoIt's easy to inspect your one, that didn't get the custom firmware loaded or bugdoor activated. To be fair the applies to mobiles as well (and probably more so since they are better targets).
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