On Sat, 26 May 2018 13:14:18 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 26 May 2018 10:31:26 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
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On 5/25/2018 8:24 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 8:51:07 PM UTC-4, OFWW wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2018 18:49:21 -0400, J. Clarke
wrote:

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

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/

FWIW, I have occasionally had to give Cortana time-out after she
started talking back to the television.

Are you aware that speak commands in audible to people can be embedded
in song, music, videos, etc. And it has been shown to be able to
instigate an order?

Shown by whom? I'd like some more info on that, if only just to protect
myself. Can you provide a cite?

So it isn't wise to have your CC #'s stored online
with various vendors.

Actually it has been on the news. TV commands placing orders with
Alexa. Our Echo often responds to the Echo commercials.
But that said, if yo did not authorize the purchase, you are not
responsible for the purchase. It is best to not let any internet site
store your CC number. I use one time CC number when I make purchases on
line. CitiCards calls it virtual credit card.

That's a great idea but Citi is on my "never do business with under
any circumstances" list.

I feel the same about Bank of America and their rigidity in favoring
themselves over the consumer.

Can you put a few of your reasons up to think about?