Re:The NSA Furby Documents
by refulgentis on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @04:11PM
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The Furby manufacturer told you upfront:
- it listened all the time
- it learned to speak, word by word, via your speech
The first comment, 10 comments up, was specifically written to provide that context: the Furby manufacturer was up front about spying.
Working with you, and steel-manning your contributions:
- You're trying to explain a distinction you see between local data processing and remote data processing. i.e. a microphone in a room recording you isn't spying, but a microphone with a data connection is "in a sense, actually spying" on you "meaningfully".
- example: "the Furby didn't relay audio data anywhere other than the Furby, and I'd like to point out the voice assistant does - your comment intends to highlight the Furby listened, but it only listened locally. Mentioning voice assistants and using them in an analogy may give a reader the understanding voice assistants process data locally, like Furbys"
The first comment, 10 comments up, was specifically written to provide that context: the Furby manufacturer was up front about spying.
Working with you, and steel-manning your contributions:
- You're trying to explain a distinction you see between local data processing and remote data processing. i.e. a microphone in a room recording you isn't spying, but a microphone with a data connection is "in a sense, actually spying" on you "meaningfully".
- example: "the Furby didn't relay audio data anywhere other than the Furby, and I'd like to point out the voice assistant does - your comment intends to highlight the Furby listened, but it only listened locally. Mentioning voice assistants and using them in an analogy may give a reader the understanding voice assistants process data locally, like Furbys"