Re: [PLUG] groan

My responds to people that say "if you have nothing to hide then what's the problem" is, "OK the why do you wear clothes?"

Though I know Amazon/Google/etc are listening, it's generally for my benefit of insane convenience. Quick shipping on cheap products, "free" music and voice control over my house.

On Thu, May 24, 2018, 5:37 PM Rich Mingin (PLUG) <plug@frags.us> wrote:

Ah, that old saw... "If you have nothing to hide, why do you care if they are watching." It's not always about you belching, have you never communicated anything sensitive verbally?

On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 16:39 Michael Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com> wrote:
I have an Echo Dot, love it, use it constantly. Let'em listen to me burp on the couch, or yelling back at the TV, i don't really care. If it mattered, I'd hit the little mute button.

They can probably record the same way from my phone, I'm not giving that up, either.

On Thu, May 24, 2018, 3:16 PM jeff <jeffv@op.net> wrote:
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/alexa-record-conversation,news-27269.html

This is the tip of the iceberg.
Read Amazon's response for what it doesn't say.
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On May 24, 2018 5:37 PM, "Rich Mingin (PLUG)" <plug@frags.us> wrote:

Ah, that old saw... "If you have nothing to hide, why do you care if they are watching." It's not always about you belching, have you never communicated anything sensitive verbally?

On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 16:39 Michael Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com> wrote:
I have an Echo Dot, love it, use it constantly. Let'em listen to me burp on the couch, or yelling back at the TV, i don't really care. If it mattered, I'd hit the little mute button.

They can probably record the same way from my phone, I'm not giving that up, either.

On Thu, May 24, 2018, 3:16 PM jeff <jeffv@op.net> wrote:
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/alexa-record-conversation,news-27269.html

This is the tip of the iceberg.
Read Amazon's response for what it doesn't say.
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