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Re:New airplane seat design to make it easier to sleep in ec... by puranjay on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @11:01AM (#21753662)
That's the thing - smartphones are surveillance devices as well, but their utility makes them a necessity. It's possible to argue that you'd submit to the surveillance if you're getting all that you get from a smartphone.

But a smart speaker just plays some music and tells you the weather. It's not nearly enough utility to be worth the privacy risks.

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Re:New airplane seat design to make it easier to sleep in ec... by CDSlice on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @01:22PM (#21755167)
To you maybe, but not for everyone. I get lots of utility out of my Echo (alarms, music, checking the weather, controlling lights, etc.) that I'm fine with some random Amazon contractor listening to my commands to Alexa.

And if you are worried about the companies lying about not recording 24/7 why do you trust them to disable the recording done by assistants on your phone?

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