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2023-06-14 Science & Technology

Amazon Echo via Alexa may not be your friend

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-06-14 01:36|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 People willingly (and even pay for the "privlege") give their personal data away with the Internet, smart phone/apps, or just providing PII without questioning why an entity "demands" it.

But, be ready...more to follow.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-06-14 08:02|| 2023-06-14 08:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Using your voice to turn on the lights does not make you Capt. Picard.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-06-14 08:05|| 2023-06-14 08:05|| Front Page Top

#3 One of the key features of the IOT (internet of things) is to make sure that you keep giving them money. For whatever reason.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-06-14 09:42|| 2023-06-14 09:42|| Front Page Top

#4 I avoid any item that has an unnecessary "internet back end." Most such gear ends up orphaned when the web services behind it are shut down. Some of those items are mighty expensive bricks when the support dries up.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-06-14 10:43|| 2023-06-14 10:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Won't have any of that shite. It's hard to buy an appliance that isn't connected these days.

Yuck

Posted by AlanC 2023-06-14 11:26|| 2023-06-14 11:26|| Front Page Top

#6 The mindset that gladly turned over one's life to (insert authority here). The lesson this idiot doesn't see is how he flushed his autonomy. ZFG.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-06-14 11:33|| 2023-06-14 11:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Anytime I am asked for my email address for no good reason, I use SuckIt@gofuckyourself.com

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-06-14 11:38|| 2023-06-14 11:38|| Front Page Top

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