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I Let an $800 Alexa Robot Creep Around My House Like a Tiny, Mechanical Zombie
gizmodo ^ | 11/22/2017 | Andrew Liszewski

Posted on 11/25/2017 6:22:22 AM PST by BenLurkin

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To: Slyfox

My favorite Twilight Zone episode. Oh the irony.


21 posted on 11/25/2017 7:07:40 AM PST by McGruff (Lock Her Up! In a Padded Cell!)
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To: Pollard

when they make one that’s silent and outdoor proof, I might get one to pull weeds in the garden. No THAT would be useful. Something like this will replace a lot of human labor pretty soon and then watch out. Idle hands...


22 posted on 11/25/2017 7:10:38 AM PST by Pollard (TRUMP 2016)
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To: BenLurkin

Anyone who thinks they really need that crap is susceptible to being manipulated into throwing their money away in other ways too. The possibilities are endless.


23 posted on 11/25/2017 7:11:43 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: rktman

Worse is what happens the day it says “brains!”


24 posted on 11/25/2017 7:13:10 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: BenLurkin

Amazon is almost as evil as Google/Alphabet.

But it’s a tight race.


25 posted on 11/25/2017 7:20:50 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: Pollard

The dog would love it. So would the cats.


26 posted on 11/25/2017 7:22:52 AM PST by AFreeBird
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To: Pollard

I’d pay $800 for one that will do laundry, vacuum, mop, clean bathtubs, order groceries and then put them away. If it can’t do all that and more I have no use for it. Streaming music, checking the weather, etc. is not so hard I can’t poke a few buttons and do it myself.


27 posted on 11/25/2017 7:24:52 AM PST by sheana
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To: usconservative
We recently bought a car at the dealer, with my email as the contact.

A week later, my wife's WORK ADDRESS gets a congratulatory email from the dealer.

It's like being menaced by an incompetent stalker.

28 posted on 11/25/2017 7:29:28 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are silly those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Grampa Dave

You can gunk up the works by actively searching on Amazon or Google for products you have no intention of buying, then clicking on the popup ads which show up shortly thereafter as “inappropriate”.


29 posted on 11/25/2017 7:31:10 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are silly those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: KC_Lion
Hey Wiretap, do you have a recipe for pancakes?

OMG!!! That's it. You've boiled it down to it's perfect essence.

30 posted on 11/25/2017 7:49:57 AM PST by GOPJ (https://www.reddit.com/r/StumpSheet/comments/6ec3z1/fake_hate_crimes_official/)
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To: Grampa Dave
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3600582/posts

Why Google is reading your Docs

About using Google Docs and privacy (there is none).

31 posted on 11/25/2017 7:50:47 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: Blue Jays

I have tape on mine too...


32 posted on 11/25/2017 7:51:02 AM PST by GOPJ (https://www.reddit.com/r/StumpSheet/comments/6ec3z1/fake_hate_crimes_official/)
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To: Pollard

Turn around and there it is blocking your path?
= = = = = = = = =

Get the ‘Ghetto’ version for a true life experience.

I used to get ‘lonely’ driving and make a couple of wrong turns so I could ‘talk’ to my GPS.

I know their tone NEVER changes but I swear sometimes it sounds like they are calling you a ‘dumb SOB’ for making a mistake...

Make a U Turn now...at first sounds pleasant
BUT (LIKE HUMANS)

After 5 or 6 times ‘she’ sounds like a shrew and it reminds me why I am driving alone to start with.....


33 posted on 11/25/2017 7:51:52 AM PST by xrmusn ((6/98)""If the earth were flat, cats would have pushed everything over the edge by now")
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To: BenLurkin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3607825/posts

Permissionless data slurping: Why Google’s latest bombshell matters (Are You in Control?)

34 posted on 11/25/2017 7:56:51 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: Paine in the Neck

complete with photos of all your valuable items...

what could possibly go wrong?


35 posted on 11/25/2017 8:10:18 AM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: Pollard

My dogs do that for free.. I am amazed I have not gone over yet.


36 posted on 11/25/2017 8:12:05 AM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: grey_whiskers

Thanks! That was fun. Amazon actually has keywords Ickle and Snot.


37 posted on 11/25/2017 8:31:56 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: rktman

“Inviting something into your house that can eavesdrop on you?”

That’s why I don’t use a ‘smart’ phone. It’s no secret what they can do remotely.


38 posted on 11/25/2017 10:33:19 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart...I just don't tell anyone)
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To: texas booster

Good stuff on Google. I was enjoying reading that other thread until it got yanked. I know you have the folding@home list but do we have a privacy/data/google/fb ping list?


39 posted on 11/25/2017 11:24:15 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Prosecute the win. Run up the score.)
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To: BobL
Pretty smart. 😹 They can listen in to the mice in the garage if they like. Good place to leave it when "you" aren't using it.
40 posted on 11/25/2017 12:50:16 PM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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