Jason Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/04/amazon-admits-that-employees-review-small-sample-of-alexa-audio/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 So someone's listening to Dan Ryckert's farts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 I mean, no shit? As long as they're not listening in when the device isn't activated, I'm not exactly concerned. If they want to review my clips, it's 90% my five year old yelling at it to play songs he heard on youtube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodimus Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Yeah, I still don't have that listening device in my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 I am not totally against some of the social media reforms that liberals are pushing after the Russian attack in '16, but I also don't really see it in the same way. My assumption has always been that these companies are squeezing you for all the info they could get and that a little buyer beware was warranted. Quite frankly, if you have dozens, if not hundreds, of sophisticated, valuable, and useful apps on your phone and you literally never paid a dollar for any of it....what did you think was going to happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 20 minutes ago, Rodimus said: Yeah, I still don't have that listening device in my house. Got a smartphone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodimus Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 20 minutes ago, Jwheel86 said: Got a smartphone? Notice I said that listening device. I have plenty others already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Although no one uses it, smartphones still have a built in phone (and a camera!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblfilms Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Rodimus said: Notice I said that listening device. I have plenty others already. He’s saying your smartphone is a listening device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 52 minutes ago, sblfilms said: He’s saying your smartphone is a listening device. 3 hours ago, Rodimus said: Notice I said that listening device. I have plenty others already. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 I wonder what’s happening to the dozen people who own the Facebook screen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Is this new info? I thought that was always the deal. I guess from the article it seems they weren't explicit about the human element, but I thought it was implied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 36 minutes ago, TwinIon said: Is this new info? I thought that was always the deal. I guess from the article it seems they weren't explicit about the human element, but I thought it was implied. Same. I thought it was pretty well understood that some engineer somewhere has to be verifying commands in places where Alexa and Google Assistant and Siri are having trouble to try and figure out why it's having trouble. I'm a Google Assistant home and every time you set up a speaker, I get a request asking if I'm OK with my data being used to help make the whole system work better. It defaults to yes and I'm assume most people just click next, next, next. What do people think that means? This strikes me as the slow news story that gets blown up because it sounds scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Who gives a shit? Edit: If Amazon wants to hear my wife mispronounce "lamp" and then get mad when the living room lamp doesn't turn on, be my fucking guest! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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