Posted on 10/19/2021 2:56:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A woman has been shocked to discover just how much data Amazon has collected about her.
She posted a viral TikTok video explaining how she requested to see the data but wasn’t expecting to receive so much.
TikToker my.data.not.yours explained: “I requested all the data Amazon has on me and here’s what I found.” She revealed that she has three Amazon smart speakers.
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More importantly, the speakers have microphones.
People have no idea about privacy.
They install espionage devices in their homes!
I have ZERO “smart gadgets” in my home. Still, I know I’m being surveiled by Google, NSA and others.
She said they have all her phone contacts too. They live online and invite spyware into their homes and then wonder how Big Brother knows everything.
I knew someone who, if you said “Hello, Google” in their residence, at least three devices would respond back. Uh, not only “No”, but “Hell, no!”. The price of convenience is a further loss of your privacy.
She Shocked.
Oh Noes.
Shocked, I say.
She’s surprised they have recordings of her saying “Alexa, turn on the lights”? Is she an idiot? My only concern is that Amazon figures out what it means when I say “Alexa, make the bedroom lights soft purple and play Barry White”. Oh hell, they already know, don’t they?
Yes they do. Alexa's hip. She's been around. Seen things. Heard things.
So the other day, I had brought google assistant up to ask a question, I think maybe about Linda Ronstadt. Anyway I got distracted.
Eventually I said to myself, “I want to go pee.”
Google responded, “If you’re asking for permission, consider it granted!”.
If Google spies on me, it deserves what it gets. LOL
But it is kind of impressive that it tried to determine what my motive was in my statement before answering.
May or may no be not so impressive...
Did it say that with an Indian accent?
In America Television Watches You!
I can say “Hey Google, make it Italy.”
The lights alternate between green and red, dim to 30%, and Italian dinner music begins playing.
I also have made “Make it LSU”, “Make it Saints”, “Make it Vandy”, “Make it Tennessee”.
And Google has some preset themes
“Make it spooky”,
“Do I hear Thunder”,
“Make it romantic” (Half the time she answers, not tonight I have a headache),
“Make it surf”,
“Let’s Party”
If they want to keep track of me I'm not going to help them, they'll have to work for it.
Now if you say, "Make it Tennessee" it throws a mustard bottle on your floor.
No Indian accent.
Why? I don’t get it.
Do Indians have to ask for permission? Too many call rooms?
A speaker can be used as a microphone.
Many speakers will serve as microphones! When I was in junior high, I installed a two-way communication system between my house and a friends house. Both of our bedrooms used the speakers from our radios. It allowed us to talk. We didn’t even need amplification.
So does the desktop, laptop, iPhone, iPad, Nest, Ping, Alexa and everything you give commands to, or listen to. And many have cameras. Scary isn’t it?
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