Tech giant's smart speakers eavesdrop on private conversations, investigation finds

FoxNews.com/tech ^ | July 12, 2019 | Christopher Carbone | Fox News

[Bikkuri]

We are shooting friends of many years

Lol... remind me not to be a friend (FRiend is ok though ;^D )

P.S. of course I knew what you meant ;^)

[minnesota_bound]

#14 You should look out your window for any vans parked nearby.... maybe you notice someone has been in your home when you were away.... Have a good night sleep and do not worry, someone is keeping an eye on you : )

[Bikkuri]

IF you want more control of Winblows, you should use this.. (I disabled and uninstalled 99% of the spyware/ad cr@p & also mdde it a little more personal... also disabled Cortana);

Winaero

[Yaelle]

A radio guy did this too. They were discussing some product in their home and that product suddenly showed on their social media feed. So they started to discuss at home with phones near and not off, some product they were not interested in, just pretending to be, and boom, it showed up as ads in their social media feeds.

[Vaduz]

Tech giant’s smart speakers eavesdrop on private conversations.

Well DUH ever wonder why they were invented.
When video isn’t enough move up a notch.

[Larry Lucido]

:-)

[ETL]

They were discussing some product in their home and that product suddenly showed on their social media feed.

So they started to discuss at home with phones near and not off, some product they were not interested in, just pretending to be, and boom, it showed up as ads in their social media feeds.

Here below is what the device *might* suggest that you buy if it overheard one of these common expressions in a ("private") conversation...

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“when pigs fly!”

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“a piece of cake.”

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“letting the cat out of the bag”

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“feeling under the weather”

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“killing two birds with one stone.”

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“adding insult to injury”

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“you can’t judge a book by its cover.”

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“Break a leg”

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“(you) hit the nail on the head”

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“speak of the devil...”

Yes, I DON'T have much else to do today. At least not until later. :)

[sean_og]

Do you really think your smartphone is not doing the same thing as the Amazon “Echo” and the Google “Assistant” ?

[Joe 6-pack]

In Orwell’s fiction, the telescreens were mandated by big brother. Orwell did not envision people voluntarily signing up and paying for the privilege of being monitored 24/7.