My ex’s mom bought us an Alexa for Christmas one year. The thing terrified me. It would always speak when I was watching the tv. I told my ex I wanted it gone and he acted like I was nuts. So we logged into his Amazon account and found that it had recorded like 50% of the shit that was said in our apartment. The only time anyone engaged with it was when he asked for the weather or to have a song play. But it recorded wayyyyy more than that.
Did you see that Amazon just bought the company that makes Roomba? You can bet they’re gonna use data collected from those machines now too. Why people willingly bring this stuff into their home is beyond me. I don’t know if it’s naïveté or blind trust, but it’s no good.
I don’t remember where I saw it, but someone suggested that Amazon would use the roomba to collect data on the square footage of our homes, what sort of possessions we own, etc. It’ll become another way the government will be able to charge us more money, audit us, etc.
Whatever Amazon intends for the roomba and whatever it’s doing with Alexa, it ain’t good
That doesn't sound crazy at all. We already see this with ads showing up after we talk (not even text or email) to someone about going somewhere, buying something, or doing something. It's the natural evolution of this privacy invasion.
My ex’s mom bought us an Alexa for Christmas one year. The thing terrified me. It would always speak when I was watching the tv. I told my ex I wanted it gone and he acted like I was nuts. So we logged into his Amazon account and found that it had recorded like 50% of the shit that was said in our apartment. The only time anyone engaged with it was when he asked for the weather or to have a song play. But it recorded wayyyyy more than that.
Did you see that Amazon just bought the company that makes Roomba? You can bet they’re gonna use data collected from those machines now too. Why people willingly bring this stuff into their home is beyond me. I don’t know if it’s naïveté or blind trust, but it’s no good.
I don’t remember where I saw it, but someone suggested that Amazon would use the roomba to collect data on the square footage of our homes, what sort of possessions we own, etc. It’ll become another way the government will be able to charge us more money, audit us, etc.
Whatever Amazon intends for the roomba and whatever it’s doing with Alexa, it ain’t good
That doesn't sound crazy at all. We already see this with ads showing up after we talk (not even text or email) to someone about going somewhere, buying something, or doing something. It's the natural evolution of this privacy invasion.