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Topic	Alexa should report slurs to the police as a crime. Good idea?
OhhhJa 06/15/19 12:36:51 PM #39:	Zangulus posted... _AdjI_ posted... OhhhJa posted... Zangulus posted... No. This is a violation of privacy. You realize that your devices already listen to you in your home right? Yeah, Alexa and the like are already recording everything they hear and sending it to Amazon/Google et al, plus pretty much any Internet-connected device is collecting every bit of data it physically can. The privacy violation's already there, it's just a question of whether or not they use that data to infringe on any other rights. No. Thats not a privacy violation. Because youre agreeing to it when you buy and install them. The privacy violation is sending it to the police. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5723709/amp/Google-caught-using-580-million-worth-Australians-phone-data-spy.html https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/10/13/Google-Home-Mini-caught-spying-on-owner/8811507875278/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/23/google-eavesdropping-tool-installed-computers-without-permission <cite>OhhhJa posted [p:923350437] in Alexa shou... [t:77790579]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zangulus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>_AdjI_ posted...</cite> <quote><cite>OhhhJa posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zangulus posted...</cite> <quote>No. This is a violation of privacy.</quote> You realize that your devices already listen to you in your home right?</quote> Yeah, Alexa and the like are already recording everything they hear and sending it to Amazon/Google et al, plus pretty much any Internet-connected device is collecting every bit of data it physically can. The privacy violation's already there, it's just a question of whether or not they use that data to infringe on any other rights.</quote> No. Thats not a privacy violation. Because youre agreeing to it when you buy and install them. The privacy violation is sending it to the police.</quote> https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5723709/amp/Google-caught-using-580-million-worth-Australians-phone-data-spy.html https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/10/13/Google-Home-Mini-caught-spying-on-owner/8811507875278/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/23/google-eavesdropping-tool-installed-computers-without-permission</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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