ALREADY DONE.
Posted on 01/11/2018 11:00:43 AM PST by C19fan
Facebook is about to jump into the consumer hardware business in a big way with a video chat device named "Portal," which will put it in direct competition with Amazon’s hugely popular line of Echo voice-controlled devices, Cheddar has learned.
The device is designed to work in the home and represents Facebook’s first serious foray into selling consumer hardware, people familiar with the matter said. Rather than position the device as a smart assistant akin to Amazon’s Echo speakers, Facebook intends to pitch Portal as a way for families and friends to stay connected through video chatting and other social features.
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Oh, man. We had that identical two-way radio thing in the house my parents built which I grew up in. It was absolutely cutting edge at the time.
Liberals universally revere privacy, but only as it applies to the "woman's right to choose." Anything else, they don't care.
Excellent point!
The amount of cyberstalking that’s already going on is creepy enough.
Doublethink https://youtu.be/6nLYmhWa45s
ALREADY DONE.
I ask people with these always on internet microphones if they also removed the curtains and blinds from all their windows. I get varied responses, including the eye-rolling walk away.
Park a few of them in a room and auto play Dragnet and other OTR action shows.
All true...but a smartphone can listen in too.
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