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That’s why I am slowly training myself to leave the cellphone in the shelf at the house’s exit. Ironically loosing the “mobile” feature of the mobile phone. I s
by lnsru 4y ago
That’s why I am slowly training myself to leave the cellphone in the shelf at the house’s exit. Ironically loosing the “mobile” feature of the mobile phone. I see other people sticking paper pieces on both cameras already. I also see people having Alexa in every room:-/ Interesting new age and I feel being Luddite in it.
- batch12 4y agoI was thinking about the idea of being considered a luddite for opting out of 'smart things' yesterday. I don't think that deciding not to use intrusive surveillance in my home should qualify. I still extensively use technology. I don't consider the mining of my data as a trade for voice controlled searching to be technological progress. Give me the same solution-- one I can trust-- one that I can fully control and I will use it. Let me understand and alter the technology as I see fit. To me, that's the opposite of a luddite. I am not going to let the marketing departments of these advertising agencies manipulate me into thinking otherwise.
- mcculley 4y agoLuddite is not the best term. The way I have been putting it: We are all Amish now, forced to evaluate each new technology we use lest it use us.
- nolok 4y agoAndroid users here so I genuinely don't know: can't the voice trigger for Siri be entirely disabled ? I know I never allow my phone to listen for trigger (or even the entirely worse "keep listening when locked for the trigger", aka always record what I say even if I'm not using my phone). Now whether it does respect my choice or still record but disable triggering is another matter, but that's sadly the world we got into with our purchasing choices of phones, and why I support the EU going after such privacy issues.