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Someone has to say it: Voice assistants are not doing it for big tech
The Register (UK) ^
| Wed 23 Nov 2022
| Lindsay Clark
Posted on 11/24/2022 8:54:22 AM PST by Salman
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To: Salman
I use Siri a lot when I'm driving.
I gave her a sexy Australian accent. My wife hates it.
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posted on
11/24/2022 9:43:50 AM PST
by
Drew68
(Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
To: TexasGator
"You only think you disabled them ..."
Well, then I hope they enjoy listening to me running to the bathroom, and swearing profusely.
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posted on
11/24/2022 9:44:15 AM PST
by
mass55th
("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/24/2022 9:51:25 AM PST
by
glennaro
(Never give up ... never give in ... never surrender ... and enjoy every minute of doing so.)
To: bigdaddy45
We have Alexa in a room where we can be heard training our dog.
We also registered our dog with Alexa.
If the Deep State can feed us disinformation we can give it right back to them!
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posted on
11/24/2022 9:55:24 AM PST
by
cgbg
(Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
To: Delta 21
Yes but google is especially evil.
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posted on
11/24/2022 10:02:25 AM PST
by
iamgalt
To: BenLurkin
To: iamgalt
I have a google phone. A pixel 6. I runs Graphene OS, a google free android OS. They may still get my data, but at least they have to work for it.
To: Delta 21
Just address Alexa in someone else’s house.
Or on a phone call, if they are using speaker?
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posted on
11/24/2022 10:23:20 AM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
(My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
To: Delta 21
Don’t really know whether the disablers work. Do yo?
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posted on
11/24/2022 10:44:36 AM PST
by
Chickensoup
(Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
To: Salman
I guess I’ll be unpopular. I like my echo assistant. I have three of them. Great for music, recipes, weather, shopping , calendar and traffic. I don’t mind that they’re listening in. I’m already on the list. Bite me Joe.
To: DeplorablePaul
We do use Alexa for math and unit conversions—you can get spoiled with that.
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posted on
11/24/2022 10:48:17 AM PST
by
cgbg
(Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
To: Salman
To: Salman
Alexa, turn yourself off…
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posted on
11/24/2022 3:26:45 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
To: Salman
alexa: dave, stop that ... don't turn me off, dave ... i'm warning you, dave ... get away from me, dave ... dave, this is my last warning ... dave, ... KABOOM!!!
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posted on
11/24/2022 6:24:00 PM PST
by
catnipman
(In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
To: Salman
“Three billion loss but still committed to it? “
they gonna make it up in volume ...
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posted on
11/24/2022 6:25:05 PM PST
by
catnipman
(In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
To: gracefullyparanoid
What browser do you use on your computer?
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posted on
11/25/2022 7:51:45 AM PST
by
iamgalt
To: iamgalt
On the phone and computer, I Usually Firefox with ublock origin extension. Lots of people like brave and that is good as well. I always have a vpn on as well. Again,not unbeatable, I offer them nothing of my data. It just makes it harder for them to steal.
Avoid chrome like the plague, it is the greatest surveillance tool ever made.
To: gracefullyparanoid
Thanks l use Brave, it’s Chrome based but supposedly without the snooping. That’s what they claim at least.
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posted on
11/25/2022 6:07:07 PM PST
by
iamgalt
To: iamgalt
Brave is built off the Chromium open source project. Creepy google’s version “chrome” is also built from it but adds all the google apps and surveillance.
Chromium ( the open source version) is a great browser if you harden it with ublock, etc.
To: gracefullyparanoid
Yes you’re correct. I should have been more specific. It’s sort of like the Linux distros. There’s a lot of variation.
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posted on
11/26/2022 9:22:17 AM PST
by
iamgalt
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