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Re: [Link Posting] The Terrible Truth About Alexa

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On 2019-06-09, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>>  It's starting to feel like Alexa and other voice assistants are
>>  destined to spy on us because that's how the system was designed to
>>  work. These systems rely on machine learning and artificial
>>  intelligence to improve themselves over time. The new technology
>>  underpinning them is also currently prone to error, and even if they
>>  were perfect, the data-hungry companies that built them are
>>  constantly thinking of new ways to exploit users for profit. And
>>  where imperfect technology and powerful companies collide, the
>>  government tends to struggle so much with understanding what's going
>>  on, that regulation seems like an impossible solution.

I personally don't get the fascination with this tech, but hey I'm on
Usenet and maintain a gopher server, so clearly I don't understand
mainstream tech interests these days.

The "convenience" of being able to shout out voice commands seems to me
to be of little worth, and you gain it at the expense of accepting all
these other privacy risks.

"Alexa, order more extra-soft toilet paper and cancel my subscription to
the Daily Taco."  People are insane.

BTW I've had several people admit the apple watch isn't that useful to
them, but they bought it because it seemed like the next big thing and
they wanted to be a part of the trend, play with it, check it out, etc.
I don't find it does very much that's useful.

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[Link Posting] The Terrible Truth About Alexa Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-06-09 21:33 +0000
  Re: [Link Posting] The Terrible Truth About Alexa RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-06-09 21:52 -0400
    Re: [Link Posting] The Terrible Truth About Alexa Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2019-06-10 01:58 -0300
      Re: [Link Posting] The Terrible Truth About Alexa Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-06-10 18:19 +0000
    Re: [Link Posting] The Terrible Truth About Alexa Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-06-10 09:06 +0000
  Re: [Link Posting] The Terrible Truth About Alexa gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-06-15 16:58 +0000
    Re: [Link Posting] The Terrible Truth About Alexa not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-06-15 23:30 +0000
    Re: [Link Posting] The Terrible Truth About Alexa mausg@mail.com - 2019-06-16 08:30 +0000

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