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Ron Obvious

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4. I don't have a smart phone either

Reply to Hugh_Lebowski (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 22, 2021, 08:26 PM

Oct 2021

But I'll at least concede they can be useful, unlike these devices.

It probably all dates back to reading 1984 at a very impressionable age. I wonder if that book still seems as terrifying to the generation that grew up with these things.

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Amazon's Alexa Collects More of Your Data Than Any Other Smart Assistant [View all] Ron Obvious Oct 2021 OP

Glad I'm not connected. elleng Oct 2021 #1

Same here, Ellen SheltieLover Oct 2021 #5

Got a spam called question everything Oct 2021 #2

I like Alexa ... Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #3

I don't have a smart phone either Ron Obvious Oct 2021 #4

All the physical device is ... is a wi-fi connected speaker and microphone for a smartphone app Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #6

Is your smartphone listening in 24/7? Ron Obvious Oct 2021 #7

Yup, it is, and it came that way ... Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #8

I've got LineageOS instead of stock Android. Ron Obvious Oct 2021 #9

Okay, well I got no issue with people protecting their privacy as they see fit, of course :) Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #10

ours is playing music nearly all day. we are so boring - if anyone wants NewHendoLib Oct 2021 #11

I make sure not to talk about my massive dope distribution network when I'm around her Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #14

+ Invaluable aid after an injury that resulted in a bad concussion including temporary luckone Oct 2021 #15

We use it for playing music verbally check on the weather etc. I'm not paranoid like some people. Nt USALiberal Oct 2021 #12

I don't have any of these gizmos except Siri on my phone. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #13

I love mine Zeitghost Oct 2021 #16

What's funny is that decades ago, something like Alexa was dream tech to me Silent3 Oct 2021 #17

The first Alexa ad, I thought was a dark humor scifi short film. eShirl Oct 2021 #18

I always wanted whatever would allow me HAB911 Oct 2021 #19

You probably shouldn't buy one, then. MineralMan Oct 2021 #20