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I follow him on Feedly and he's generally a good read and an interesting window into the VC world.
I’ve got Amazon ones. I don’t understand the difference between typing in a search/purchasing something online or asking the devices to do something with your voice. Do people not notice that every Ad we get online is based on our previous actions. I don’t see anything insidious. It’s just a new paranoia as you said without realizing everything is already tracked.
I think the concern is that these devices actively record even when you’re not using them.
Oh I fully expect that they are using it to record key words I might say to target ads to me or whatever or listen to what I watch on tv. I just don’t care and don’t see why I need to at this point.
I know. I just don’t believe some of the stories out there like the guy called ########. That story was confirming the exact same thing we know about cookies and Internet activity tracking just by voice. One of my Alexa’s is the cube/TV, I hope it isn’t recording all the TV shows and music my wife plays (her office/TV room).
I use mine just for music and I control it through the phone or pc. I gave up trying to voice command that thing awhile ago. I felt like I was trying to communicate with a 4 year old with a hearing problem.
This is it exactly. While I am all for data privacy, stories like this seem to make what actually happens much more nefarious. This is simply all about personalization and improving it, manually and via algorithms/machine learning.
It’s news today. It’s all sensationalized to get more clicks. Seems like 75% of these type of articles are just that and when you actually read it instead of the headline you wonder what’s the big deal. Unfortunately, most people don’t do that so you get the myths. Remember that one where Alexa played something inappropriate for kids? No idea how that actually happened or if it was a mistake, but don’t you think if that’s the case that people would want Amazon to review it so it doesn’t happen again? People want it both ways, especially when the articles are headline only and not substance.Stompin' Tom Connors said:
I think if he is also ditching smart phones altogether...... good for him if he doesn't think the convenience is worth the risk. If he's carrying around a listening device in his pocket and is 100% sure that it's not listening(and possibly recording for all he knows) then I call BS. Seems to me there is a lot of very selective outrage/fear of these technologies.
But when you go apply for that construction job in 5 years, they’re gonna know that you don’t know something as simple as getting the correct drill bit size and won’t hire you. How can you have this abomination in your home?
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