The fact that this article exists actually makes me sad as well.
But because Alexa isn't eavesdropping on us and believing this is the tech equivalent of antivaxxers: "If you don't believe it, you're part of the conspiracy"
But because Alexa isn't eavesdropping on us and believing this is the tech equivalent of antivaxxers: "If you don't believe it, you're part of the conspiracy"
Also, do you recall the fix? They remotely changed the activation phrase that triggered the laugh.
Do you recall the Google home devices with a minor physical flaw that caused the pucks to record and transmit everything?
Do you recall how these recordings are given to third parties to evaluate to improve the quality of the service?
I guess what I’m trying to say is that we don’t know when or if these devices are recording us. Yes, the same is true with our phones as well (though this bracelet from the article would work on them too). It might not be out of malice, but its safe to say that we as the customers have no real idea of how much they hear.
I don't see that as a big deal as the data is likely always sent to a remote server for parsing and processing.
Also, the firmware on these devices is remotely updatable. Even when you can't today, you may be able to tomorrow.
I'd be far more worried about the invasion of privacy caused by it listening to everyone's shopping lists.
https://www.theverge.com/2013/12/29/5253226/nsa-cia-fbi-lapt...
They could also compel Amazon to install an update that makes your Alexa record everything.
That's what they want you to think.
/s
That doesn’t make vaccines bad though.