The Alexa feature "do not send voice recordings" you enabled no longer available

Post by walterbell » Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 5:08 PM UTC

ranger_danger wrote: post #512

reverendsteveii wrote: post #488

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it both is and isn't secret bullshit. there's no evidence that there's a list of secret keywords Lord Bezos is listening for, but there's plenty of evidence that these devices active unintentionally all the time and that those unintentional activations lead to you being recorded and that recording being sent off into the cloud https://moniotrlab.khoury.northeastern.edu/publications/smar...

I don't think it's any secret that the device can unintentionally activate in certain circumstances (and whether or not that's due to it thinking it heard its name is another debate)... but my problem with OP's statement is that they seem to frame it as if it's intentionally and maliciously listening more often than it should, and I just don't see any evidence to support that claim.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 5:12 PM UTC

bentt wrote: post #351

I know this single bit of news isn't the biggest deal. However we were talking at the dinner table, my wife and two kids and I. We just decided we're done with Amazon and Alexa. My wife has always been skeeved out by the devices, and I've reassured her that the wake word is the only time it's recording. Whether this is true or not, it's obvious that the company can no longer be trusted. So yeah we're just going to ge…

Post by gkbrk » Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 5:13 PM UTC

sitkack wrote: post #532

margalabargala wrote: post #524

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Between cell phones, IOT doorbells, and incredibly inexpensive security cameras, even a world free from Tesla has cheap and ubiquitous surveillance. But you're correct, Tesla is yet another among the multitudes with a robust surveillance network

Every starlink station (and probably) tesla, scoop up every mac address they ever see. This is one is unique in that it puts all that data into a single actor's hands.

Post by recursive » Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 5:17 PM UTC

HideousKojima wrote: post #462

dml2135 wrote: post #430

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To me your comment seems to be implying one of two things: 1) Black people are biologically hardwired to have a shorter life expectancy than white people 2) A shorter life expectancy among black people doesn't count -- it's only life expectancy among white people that matters Could you clarify further if you meant one of these, or if you meant something else that I was not able to pick up on?

Neither, simply that there appears to be little correlation between GDP per capita and life expectancy between Mississippi and the UK, and the lion's share of the difference is due to lower life expectancies amongst blacks (the reasons for their lower life expectancy being something I didn't get into at all).

Post by pesus » Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 5:20 PM UTC

fads_go wrote: post #394

tiahura wrote: post #358

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Seems kinda paranoid. I've yet to meet anyone, who's met anyone, who's been harmed by not turning that setting off, or been harmed by any assistant listening.

Poster said that unplugging the device made their home more peaceful. This implies that having the device on was creating a constant, albeit low-level, harm. "harm" is a tricky word.