If you traveled back in time and told J. Edgar Hoover that in the future, the American public voluntarily wire-tapped themselves, he would cream his frilly pink panties.
this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2025
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How disheartening. I knew going in that there would be privacy issues but I figured for the service it was fine. I also figure my phone is always listening anyway.
As someone with limited mobility, my echo has been really nice to control my smart devices like lights and TV with just my voice.
Are there good alternatives or should I just accept things as they are?
There aren't any immediate drop in replacements that won't require some work, but there is Home Assistant Voice - It just requires that you also have a Home Assistant server setup, which is the more labor intensive part. It's not hard, just a lot to learn.
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Great, they made it public.
No way! The microphones you put all over your house are listening to you? What a shocker!
If you bought these this is on you. Trash them now.
I honestly have no idea why anyone who cares even 1% about their privacy would have ever bought one of these abominations in the first place. If I ever receive one as a gift I will burn it with fire.
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Amazon employee with no piss breaks listening in on my echo:
"How many fucking cats does this guy have? Just chose one name and call it that!"
Edit: "I don't know Jeff, sell him a fucking dr seuss book or something the guys mental."
To the recycling bin you go, Alexa
And people wonder why I never bought any of these kinds of things.
Always listening AI. I always thought the future would be awesome but capitalism has figured out a way for it to not be that.