RE: Daily Dose of Sultnpapper 08/02/18> I sure as hell didn’t see this coming…. started with fraud and ended in spying.
This all sounds real familiar and I went and watched that You Tubed you story you linked to, I had seen that before but since we don't have the Alexa or the Echo devices I really don't think about that much at all. I never have been a fan of Apple so I don't use iPhone or any of their devices either.
Corbett makes a good point about how people will pay extra for these devices and features and then be shocked when they find out the device is listening and recording them. All I can say to that is, "they have us right where they want us."Dumb downed to the point where we will pay them to spy on us.
I guess if a person really sat down and gave it some thought there is probably not one thing in existence that couldn't be used for either good or evil and how it is used is determined by who's hands it is in.
Yeah - I'd never really heard of Alexa before I saw that video. I had seen it advertised, but I didn't know what it was, and didn't think I needed it. But my brother-in-law did say a few weeks ago that he'd really like a "smart TV" - surprising, as they haven't had a TV for years. I think he was surprised by my reaction. I said "It's dumb to buy anything described as smart. Smart TVs spy on you!" I had to very quickly back this up with a few examples, and I think he kind of grudgingly agreed in the end.