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Re: [Link Posting] The Terrible Truth About Alexa

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RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> writes:

> 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.

Just so.

> 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.

Watch?  Hmmm... Oh, yeah, Dick Tracy's watch.  Here's hi tech from 70
years ago:

     http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/temp/tracy.jpg



-- 
Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada

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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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