Re:Amazon Echo Released
by darklajid on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @01:08PM
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We agree that smart phones could spy on you.
We don't seem to agree about the comparison in general.
A smart phone
- offers a button to disable voice activated features
- remains useful without voice activation
- is arguably (job?) not optional
- is no reason to dismiss feeling uneasy about 100% unrelated, additional 3rd party controlled microphones
Yes, a smart phone can probably pull off any attack on my privacy that I can come up with for the Echo. But that's not relevant for my feelings about the Echo IMHO. I can dislike Android AND iOS. I can worry about smart phones AND express similar things about the Echo.
We don't seem to agree about the comparison in general.
A smart phone
- offers a button to disable voice activated features
- remains useful without voice activation
- is arguably (job?) not optional
- is no reason to dismiss feeling uneasy about 100% unrelated, additional 3rd party controlled microphones
Yes, a smart phone can probably pull off any attack on my privacy that I can come up with for the Echo. But that's not relevant for my feelings about the Echo IMHO. I can dislike Android AND iOS. I can worry about smart phones AND express similar things about the Echo.