On Fri, 25 May 2018 17:01:22 +0000, Spalted Walt
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wrote:

On Mon, 05 Feb 2018 19:32:24 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

Electric Comet on Mon, 5 Feb 2018
10:04:20 -0800 typed in rec.woodworking the following:
On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 09:21:00 -0800
pyotr filipivich wrote:

Because I do not want it in my house.



i think the mycroft mark ii will be good because skills can be added
by the community instead of waiting for the maker to do it and then
they probably never would anyway unless it was to their benefit and
had a profit motive

My issues is more along the lines of "Why would I want to put a
microphone and camera in my house which is connected to the Internet?"

Even worse, a camera and microphone that's controlled by Bezos, or
similar.

I'm not paranoid, I'm convinced.

My son gave us a Google speaker for Christmas. It still sits in its
box. I have no idea what I would do with such a thing. Paperweight?

"A Portland family contacted Amazon to investigate after they say a
private conversation in their home was recorded by Amazon's Alexa --
the voice-controlled smart speaker -- and that the recorded audio was
sent to the phone of a random person in Seattle, who was in the
family’s contact list..."

http://amp.kiro7.com/www.kiro7.com/news/local/woman-says-her-amazon-device-recorded-private-conversation-sent-it-out-to-random-contact/755507974

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/05/24/amazon-alexa-records-conversation/

Well at least people are starting to finally become aware. Albeit
years late.

Google has been mining info for years and archiving it. Anything you
do on it. "baby cam's hacked all the time. Even the ones with their
one private communications. You could drive down a street and pick up
on all the camera's, even easier with wifi and a potato chip antennae.

Then look at all the cloud hacks, and phone hacks. Banks, stores, all
store your data, and your habits, desires, and lifestyles are easily
determined by all the shared info.

And now, when you post your phone photo's the address is embedded
right there. Useful for thieves. you should strip the info before
posting anything.