Sex with Alexa

[OWC Jamie]

Article Accelerator wrote:
[quote=billb]
it's only supposed to record and save whatever it "hears" immediately after a wake word.

You trust google,microsoft, apple and LG dontcha ?

I didn't know Apple had an always-on spy device, billb. Help me out here… Do you know they don't ?

You could consider how I used the word trust there, and what it might encompass, or not.

[kj]

billb wrote:
[quote=Article Accelerator]
[quote=billb]
it's only supposed to record and save whatever it "hears" immediately after a wake word.

You trust google,microsoft, apple and LG dontcha ?

I didn't know Apple had an always-on spy device, billb. Help me out here… Do you know they don't ?

You could consider how I used the word trust there, and what it might encompass, or not.
Well, Vizio was spying on people, and Apple has Siri which is a lot like Alexa. Apple has the means just like anyone else. Like bill said, I don't think any are worthy of our trust. kj.

[Article Accelerator]

kj wrote: Well, Vizio was spying on people, and Apple has Siri which is a lot like Alexa. Apple has the means just like anyone else. Like bill said, I don't think any are worthy of our trust. kj.

Holy cow…

I haven't seen google, microsoft, amazon, LG, facebook, et al taking a firm public stand on user privacy. Quite the opposite in fact.

On the other hand, I have seen Apple doing so, even to the point of publishing an open letter, providing a Web site on that specific topic, and taking legal stances on the principle of end-user privacy. Have you been away the last two years? That very stance—publicly espoused—is one of the distinct differences between Apple and its competitors. How you, billb, or anyone could miss it is quite dumbfounding…

http://www.apple.com/privacy/
http://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/02/...-backdoor/
http://mashable.com/2016/02/17/apple-ceo...pKQ1KiekqS

https://tidbits.com/article/15096
"The distinction is that while Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, and others want your data to be secure, they don’t want it to be private. They need to know as many specific things about their users as possible to feed their business models. Conversely, Apple claims to access only data it needs for specific features and services, use it only with users’ consent, and (where possible) extends that stance to data that can be collected by third parties."

Furthermore, Apple (uniquely in this field, I believe) is beginning to use a special AI-based technique called "differential privacy" to obtain the data it needs to provide effective personal assistance while still maintaining user privacy:

https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/14/differential-privacy/
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/06/25/...-overview/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_privacy

[Carnos Jax]

Well, I guess that just about covers the flybys...