Have an Android Phone?

[MineralMan]

Alexa knows your contact list.

"Alexa! Call Kathy."

Next thing I know, I'm using my Echo Dot on the desk as speaker phone, talking to my wife, whose office is upstairs, while mine is in the basement. Alexa called her cell phone. I could also have said, "Drop in on Kathy." Then, Alexa would have connected me to Kathy's desktop Echo Dot.

Alexa can also call 911, which could be useful if you've fallen and you can't get up.

Alexa has many skills. If you have an Android phone drop into the Google Play store and search for Alexa skills.

I surprised my wife the other day. She wanted to watch a movie. She was getting her phone out to access the Smart TV app for our TV.

I said, "Alexa! Show [Title] on Living Room TV." Next thing I knew, we were watching the movie. It's yet another skill she has.

Of course, I'm giving up some privacy. Oh, well. My life is boring.

[OriginalGeek]

1. I once asked Alexa if she could see me naked

And she said no so we been cool since then. She also tells us when someone is at our front door (and soon our side door when I finish getting that ring security cam/floodlight set up).

[Silent3]

9. The better question is if Alexa wants to see you naked n/t

[Moostache]

2. Reminds me of a favorite scene in an old movie...

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Scene - Scotty is trying to order the transparent aluminum they needed for the whale tank...

[FoxNewsSucks]

3. That was hilarious back then too.

The funny thing is, he would probably still have no idea how to use the keyboard. That would be a bigger difference than me trying to use one of those Atari tape-recorder computer things.

[Ocelot II]

4. Tell Alexa to fart.

She has quite a repertoire.

[ismnotwasm]

5. I was just going to post that

I annoyed the heck out of my husband with that one.

She also turns on our lights and changed their color

[MineralMan]

6. I have not tried that, but I have heard of it.

Everybody farts, apparently. Even Alexa. Our beagle/basset, too. Now, that's nasty. Cat farts, however, are the very worst.

I asked Alexa what she thought of Siri. "Not much," she replied.

I said, once, "Alexa! Thank you." She said, "You're very welcome, [my first name]." If you're polite to Alexa, she will be polite to you.

You can also say, "Alexa! Forget everything I said today." She will. You can even ask her to "Forget everything I have ever said." She will do that, too.

[OriginalGeek]

10. lol, speaking of Siri

My wife used to have an iPhone and during that time we were also watching the series "Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt" about Kimmie who had been kidnapped years ago and lived in an underground bunker with a bunch of other kidnapped women (It's hilarious - honest!). The women are rescued to kick off the series and they all have to deal with learning about all the things they have missed out on in the last many years (I forget how many but they had no idea how much technology had advanced). The news called them mole-people.

In one episode a friend gave Kimmie an iPhone and while discovering its' uses she found it could do online dating and she was talking to Siri to try and find a date and Siri kept showing her people that Kimmie didn't think would be interested in her and was growing frustrated with Siri and finally just shouted "But Siri, I'm a mole person!"

So my wife thought that was funny and on a whim she got out her iPhone and said "Siri, I'm a mole person"

And Siri said "Kimmie? Is that you?"

[MineralMan]

11. Some people are afraid of this technology.

Not me. Stories like you told are really amusing.

Those devices almost seem smart, but they're really not. They're predictable, really. There's some AI involved, but not very bright AI.

Good story!

[Tracer]

7. I don't want anything to do with Alexa.

It annoys me when my TV wants me to speak to it to select a program. I can choose my own, thank you very much.

My phone wants me to talk to it too, but I refuse!

[MineralMan]

12. That's OK. Your devices will let you do it your way.

But, they'll also let others do it their way. Choices are good.

[Ocelot II]

8. She helps me find my phone when I misplace it.

I just say, "Alexa, find my iPhone," and she makes it ring. Quite magical!

[msongs]

13. on my phone u have to say ok google...not very chummy nt

[Towlie]

14. Alexa is an Amazon product. It's available on other platforms beside Google Android.

 
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But personally, I hate talking to computers.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. I was going to say the same thing

I have Alexa on my Kindle Fire but not on my Samsung Galaxy S10

[moof]

15. Just " some privacy " , certain of the amount are you ?

Watch this and see if you feel you have any privacy left.

" Coded Bias "
When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, she embarks on a journey to push for the first-ever U.S. legislation against bias in algorithms that impact us all.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11394170/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Your posts are informative and interesting but in this case it seems a bit more disclaimer as being more blue pill than red would be in keeping with full disclosure.

A discussion of the China state surveillance versus the American corporate surveillance as to which has more potential for overall damage could be helpful.

This appears to be an exercise in futility but it may help explain “So this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause,”

[MineralMan]

16. Blue Pill, Red Pill, Black Pill?

For pete's sake. This is not a movie!

Everyone can decide how much or whether to use this crap. And here you are on the Internet. I rest my case.

[Hekate]

17. You gave me my first belly laugh in a long time, MinMan!

[MineralMan]

18. Happy to be of service...

[tinrobot]

19. You do know you can have an Android phone, but not have Alexa

Also, with Android, you can restrict apps from accessing your contacts (including Alexa). Just go into permissions.

But that's if you have an Alexa device. I'd advise against having one, there are worse problems with that thing besides reading your contacts.

[MineralMan]

21. Yes, of course I know that.

You can also have Alexa and an iPhone. You can also skip using Google, if you like. But, hey, thanks for the advice. My permissions are very carefully set up. That was the second thing I did after getting my latest Android phone. However, my permissions probably are not the same as yours.

You don't want an Alexa device? I'm cool with that. Don't buy one. Save your money.