you gotta burn your Alexa's folks
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WIRED
Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
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I was thinking of getting one to help with my ADHD but like... Fuck no!
OK that can't was wrong. I could... But that would be highly unethical and probably illegal.
That would be super helpful.
Sad that my intense cynicism and distrust of technology has again been proven justified.
https://gist.github.com/steven2358/ba153c642fe2bb1e47485962df07c730
You can freely convert between different formats for compatibility so you can read where you want. I also recommend https://pcloud.com for backup. Good luck!
Alexa, not mom.
Alexa, self-immolate
Google already gets all my conversations thanks to my Pixel smartphone. Why should I let Amazon have my data for free too?
https://archive.is/2022.06.30-195917/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-10/is-anyone-listening-to-you-on-alexa-a-global-team-reviews-audio%23xj4y7vzkg
We knew they were selling our data, for a while though we didn't suspect it was quite to that level
I could almost respect the goal of using all that for something
Almost
https://youtu.be/C51B50Qh6sI?feature=shared
yet every techbro I know gets off correcting you about how they “only respond to their wake word”
like having a Bezos sleeper agent in your house is cool and good
Don't make a show of it. Don't give the enemy footage, like they freely provide of themselves.
https://andrerh.gitlab.io/echoroot/
Even the great minds who tried to warn us about this shit could never have imagined that.
Best you can hope for is that someone stumbles on a prompt injection attack for Alexa AI, and everyone suddenly can start trashing Amazon 's data lake.
Or just toss them in the fire too...
I laugh. My wife laughs. The toaster laughs.
https://hachyderm.io/@evacide/114179347767000042
If you play Billy Joel’s “Downeaster Alexa” - does Alexa respond?
We have a routine that checks the kids for bedtime monsters with noises and everything and it's been a game changer.
My experience is that, while there is usually a non-smart way of accomplishing what you want, it's harder to find. That is, the Big Box companies won't have it, and you'll need to look into smaller outfits / manufacturers / shops.
But I have the privilege to solve it so I'll get on it.
We (society) will need to re-evaluating what a given tech actually helps us with, and whether the TRUE cost is worth it.
Looks like maybe some people here have some helpful tips. I'll sort it out, even if I would very much like not to.
But also we have at least 5 devices in use across the house.