Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out to random contact

Post by wlll » Fri, May 25, 2018, 11:31 AM UTC

tj-teej wrote: post #317

yason wrote: post #297

I am oversimplifying here but: * install device that is designed to listen to speech in the house * the device is connected to internet * the device is capable of contacting other internet peers/services/hosts * the device knows a bit about its owner's internet presence such as contacts * the device is equipped with simple conversational user interface based on fuzzy human speech-command detection These basically bou…

If you replace "fuzzy human speech-command detection" with "buttons which can accidentally be pressed" - how is this different from butt-dialing?

Post by anyzen » Fri, May 25, 2018, 12:16 PM UTC

chalkandpaste wrote: post #530

komali2 wrote: post #529

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I remember switching to Android way back whenever the iPhone 3gs was "second-best" iPhone (was the 4 the next?), from the 3gs. The 3gs had perfectly functional "play my xyz playlist", "next song," "play songs by artist" functionality, and to this day I don't understand why it took so long for Google to implement it, and why the implementation is so shitty.

The issue is google doesn't care about they're users. As long as it's good enough to keep the data-gravy-train going.

Post by collyw » Fri, May 25, 2018, 12:39 PM UTC

pishpash wrote: post #454

BonesJustice wrote: post #401

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I can't pick up my coworker's phone and manually dial a number, because years of learning from our mistakes have led us to implement lock screens and such. I can, however, say "Hey Siri, call 867-5309." Or "Hey Siri, Facebook status: my anus is bleeding. SEND!" Because we are apparently incapable of applying past lessons to new technologies.

It really shouldn't be hard to do a quick safe filter and ask "You sure you want to send that?", again, like a real human. My point is they're really half-assed products right now that are behaving badly/immaturely.

Post by ataturk » Fri, May 25, 2018, 1:07 PM UTC

Post by gsaga » Fri, May 25, 2018, 1:14 PM UTC

jwhite wrote: post #561

madrox wrote: post #541

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We did something similar to a coworker when Apple Watch came out. He tried to dictate a text response to someone that said “thanks for doing that.” Someone else yelled “DICK!” afterward. Apple Watch is notoriously slow on processing text to speech, so he didn’t think the watch picked it up and hit send. Then the text was added. He had to call the guy he tried to text to in order to apologize.

I was so hoping the guy's name would turn out to be Richard.