Police are requesting data from smart speakers

Re:Police are requesting data from smart speakers by eslaught on Monday October 05, 2020 @01:44PM (#24690063)

Just FYI, there are devices specifically designed for this. It's basically a phone you hang around your neck, and it detects falls and uses an audio prompt (calling 911 on your behalf if you don't respond in 60 seconds, or something). My grandmother uses one since she's had a lot of falls.

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Re:Police are requesting data from smart speakers by WalterBright on Monday October 05, 2020 @01:50PM (#24690131)

Good to know, thanks.

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Re:Police are requesting data from smart speakers by nobody9999 on Monday October 05, 2020 @03:05PM (#24690885)

>Good to know, thanks.

And it's not new either. I remember these TV ads[0] from when I was a teenager (1980s) and my peer group and I found them quite amusing.

These days, the same folks take a more threatening tack[1] (a sign of the times, perhaps?), which I find pretty galling.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I've_fallen,_and_I_can't_get_u...!

[1] https://www.ispot.tv/ad/IXwc/life-alert-tragic-outcome

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Re:Police are requesting data from smart speakers by WalterBright on Monday October 05, 2020 @07:26PM (#24693172)

Haha, I wondered if anyone would catch the reference. Sadly, they're disappearing along with "plop plop fizz fizz", "where's the beef", "hey mikey", "hello betty" or "gee your hair smells terrific".

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Re:Police are requesting data from smart speakers by nobody9999 on Monday October 05, 2020 @08:20PM (#24693607)

Yep. One of my personal favorites was "We make your dreams come true!"[0] which was a local thing where I come from, but is truly iconic!

Not to mention the "Lullabuy of old Broadway."[1]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uosIpj-CRs

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwlvkUMsDgI

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Re:Police are requesting data from smart speakers by bobwall on Monday October 05, 2020 @09:44PM (#24694021)

This was one of my tops. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fucxG-he2qU Keith Hernandez, Emmitt Smith, and Walt Frazier. There were older commercials for this, but Emmitt was just soo funny in it. "Ohhh it's bad"

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Re:Police are requesting data from smart speakers by nobody9999 on Monday October 05, 2020 @10:11PM (#24694140)

That's definitely a good one, but I always dug the "Rejected!" "No play for Mister Gray!"[0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQNkKTlDilY

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