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Re:Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10... by danielodievich on Monday November 21, 2022 @10:29PM (#33701428)
I absolutely concur. I think these are the creepiest pieces of spying one can have. I've never seen one do anything useful. I don't mind walking to my radio to play music and I like using my computer with keyboard and mouse to buy amazon stuff.

Plus everyone's mobile device is already this anyhow.

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Re:Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10... by grepfru_it on Monday November 21, 2022 @10:38PM (#33701497)
People in the sixties: I better not say that or the government will wiretap my house

People today: Hey wiretap, do you have a recipe for pancakes?[0]

[0] https://imgur.com/a/27WcRjR

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Re:Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10... by visarga on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @12:07AM (#33702203)
Every click online is recorded and especially every search, which might be carrying more information than an Alexa command and a few random false positives for the trigger word.
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