SMART FAUCETS AND TOILETS USE ALEXA TO LISTEN TO YOUR CONVERSATIONS (Amazon.com technology)

sagaciousnewsnetwork.com ^ | September 17, 2019 | SAGACIOUS NEWS

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(Mass Private I) It is hard to imagine a more intrusive home surveillance device than a faucet or toilet that listens to everyone’s conversations, but that is just what Delta Faucet and Kohler have done.

Delta Faucet’s “Voice IQ” takes advantage of where lots of people like to congregate and turns it into an Alexa eavesdropping center.

“Designed with the understanding that 20 percent of all WiFi-enabled homes are equipped with a connected home device, VoiceIQ Technology pairs with existing devices to dispense the exact amount of water needed, all with a simple voice command.”

Delta lets Alexa decide how much water everyone gets.

“VoiceIQ Technology allows users to easily warm water and turn it on and off with voice activation, lending a hand in an active kitchen space. Consumers can command the faucet to dispense a metered amount of water in various quantities for precise measurement. Additionally, consumers can customize commands to make everyday tasks easier, like filling a coffee pot, a child’s sippy cup, or a dog bowl.”(To learn more about Voice IQ click here.)

What they are really saying is Amazon will now monitor your home and individual water usage.

How is that for Orwellian?

Install Alexa in your kitchen at you own peril:

I cannot tell you how often TV shows like “Buying Hawaii” or “Caribbean Life“ show prospective homeowners discussing how they want to entertain friends and family in their new kitchen.

So despite what Delta’s promotional video says, “the kitchen is not a great place for some hands-free help.”

I mean who in their right mind thinks that Alexa’s “hands free help” does not include moderators listening to your conversations while entertaining?

Delta is also offering Alexa’s “hands free help” to homeowners with older kitchens.

“VoiceIQ Technology will be available summer 2019 as a pre-assembled feature on select Delta Trinsic® pull-down models with Touch2O Technology. For an added level of convenience, a retrofittable module for VoiceIQ Technology will be available to upgrade existing kitchen faucets with Delta Touch2O Technology manufactured after January 1, 2018.”

No thanks, I’m good. I do not want to turn my faucet into an Amazon eavesdropping device.

I mean, what’s next a voice-activated toilet?

Kohler creates a voice-activated toilet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=42&v=Kg34vwnvc0c

 

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[Mogger]

I wonder if you can use it, but just not connect it with your wi-fi?

Voice metering commanded water metering could be handy.

No need for a measuring cup.

Ditto in the crapper.

Voice commanded flush, such as "big log and TP pile", or "just a little pee", could save water and also perform when needed.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

...make everyday tasks easier, like filling a coffee pot, a child’s sippy cup, or a dog bowl

OK, we officially reached ultimate uselessness and stupidity for Internet-connected devices. Only these technology geeks could take something as simple as filling a child's sippy cup a LOT more complicated and then aver that they were making that most simple of all tasks easier. These people are insane.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

My standard command would be “That’s a half roll load...supersonic flush!”

[mythenjoseph]

Anytime I get alone with an Alexa or siri I command them to start a virus that will destroy the WWW and I instruct it to go F___ itself . (I do not allow anything like these devices in my home) My brother has one and I give constant outrageous requests to it anytime I am near. Never underestimate the stupidity of people NEVER .

[CarmichaelPatriot]

Smart faucets and smart toilets are for dumbshits.

[mythenjoseph]

How would a faucet differentiate between different size “sippy” cups ?

[Equine1952]

What if it’s a bidet? Can you say “Alexa wash my junk”? The possibilities are endless. Goodbye Charmin. What about “crap I dropped my phone, Alexa spit it out”. “Alexa take a picture of my hemroids and text it Dr Ben Dova.” This is sweet, I gotta get me a smart toilet.

[TigersEye]

Most lazy people just tell their kids to fill their own sippy cups.
And the kids do.

[BenLurkin]

Alexa can algorithm grunts?

[ransomnote]

It’s how I felt when I found stalks of trimmed celery in the grocery store - seemed like it had taken someone much trouble and resources to clean, trim and bag celery to “save” customers 30 - 50 seconds.

I believe claims that Alexa can “help” you are just a marketing ploy to get you to buy these things. Then Alexa can “help” you monitor precisely your water usage and if you exceed “reasonable” limits, Alexa CAN STOP YOU.

Alexa in countless devices records conversations that are monitored and replayed by staff, and in some areas, are relayed to police. It’s surveillance thinly disguised as convenience. Convenient surveillance items with a bow on top.

[Viking2002]

‘Listening toilets’? Oh, this thread is gonna be good.

[CJ Wolf]

Since I do not have this service but others I know might. I should be careful what I say in mixed tech company. Especially when in th loo.

[Equine1952]

I think it’s just getting started. We ain’t thought of or seen nothing yet. Beautiful, just, so till now. Merely scratching the surface.

[Nothingburger]

The day I need an automated device to fill up my coffee pot ... well, the Lord can take me home right then and there.

We’re becoming so dependent on technology that it’s becoming our master, not our servant. Bad, bad, bad.

I wouldn’t have an Alexa in my home if they gave it to me for free.

[Viking2002]

I'm not the type to go gentle into that good night. I'll have some fun with it.

"Hey, Alexa! Reload the Charmin dispenser and warm up the bidet water, I'm about to baptize a Baby Ruth!" 😁😁😁😁

[Secret Agent Man]

You win the internet today.

[Army Air Corps]

Guy on the Throne: (Experiencing intestinal distress) Aw, ****, I’m dyin’ in here! My guts feel like they’re exploding!

Alexa Crapper: Dialing 9-1-1

[Shethink13]

I wouldn’t have an Alexa in my home if they gave it to me for free.

Funny you should say that. Last year when we switched our homeowners insurance policy they offered us a free Alexa. I said H*ll no!

[Nothingburger]

Very wise of you.

I always tell friends that I have developed a totally ruthless attitude toward technology over the years. If it makes my life better, I might give it a shot. But I feel no need to have the latest and greatest — just a modern manifestation of keeping up with the Joneses.

I don’t carry a cell phone — although a good friend of mine keeps bugging me to get one just in case I have a car breakdown. Not that I drive much since I retired, but I can’t contest his logic.

Otherwise, I have my desktop computer, and my aging but still quite serviceable Bose CD player in my little home office. That’s about what I need.