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Re:Burger King TV Ad Asks, Hoping Google Home Devices Answer by mindcrime on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @05:02PM (#14101719)
FFS... this is one of the rare occasions I'm almost ashamed to be a technologist. Creating cool new technology, only for it to lead to this kind of bullshit, is kind of disgusting. :-(

Seriously, who the hell thought this was a good idea?

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Re:Burger King TV Ad Asks, Hoping Google Home Devices Answer by ino on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @07:45PM (#14102802)
> Seriously, who the hell thought this was a good idea?

Voluntarily putting an always listening, internet connected device in your house, uploading data to the biggest advertising or commerce corporation, possibly man-in-the-middled by NSA?

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Re:Burger King TV Ad Asks, Hoping Google Home Devices Answer by mindcrime on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:17PM (#14103865)
That too. :-)
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