Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoEverything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28.programming.devimagemessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up11.33Karrow-down18file-text
arrow-up11.32Karrow-down1imageEverything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28.programming.devTea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square155fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down5·2 days agoPer that article, it only happens when it thinks it’s been activated, and only when you opt in. Not much of a bombshell.
minus-squarehungprocess@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoEmphasis on “when it thinks”. Not much point to a privacy control that the device can just ignore for unspecified reasons, and they had 150+ instances of that occurring in this data set.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 days ago~150 inadvertent activations is pretty low for the number of devices times however many years it spans.
Per that article, it only happens when it thinks it’s been activated, and only when you opt in. Not much of a bombshell.
Emphasis on “when it thinks”. Not much point to a privacy control that the device can just ignore for unspecified reasons, and they had 150+ instances of that occurring in this data set.
~150 inadvertent activations is pretty low for the number of devices times however many years it spans.