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[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 33 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Easy fix: don't buy this garbage to begin with. It's terrible for the environment, terrible for your privacy, of dubious value to begin with.

If every man is an onion, one of my deeper layers is crumudgeon. So take that into account when I say fuck all portable speakers. I'm so tired of hearing everyone's shitty noise. Just fucking everywhere. It takes one person feeling entitled to blast the shittiest music available to ruin everyone in a 500yd radius's day. If this is you, I hope you stub your toe on every coffee table, hit your head on every door jam, miss every bus.

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I have a Google home. The only reason I have it is because Spotify gave them away for free back in 2019. It sits unplugged somewhere.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

spoilerIt still captures your voice

jk (I hope)

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 6 points 13 hours ago

That's covered by my phone.

[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 49 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

Today: "...they will be deleted after Alexa processes your requests."

Some point in the not-so-distant future: "We are reaching out to let you know that your voice recordings will no longer be deleted. As we continue to expand Alexa's capabilities, we have decided to no longer support this feature."

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 19 points 15 hours ago

“We lied and paid a $3M fine.”

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 15 hours ago

And finally "We are reaching out to let you know Alexa key phrase based activation will no longer be supported. For better personalization, Alexa will always process audio in background. Don't worry, your audio is safe with us, we highly care about your privacy."

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[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 8 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I honestly have no idea why anyone who cares even 1% about their privacy would have ever bought one of these abominations in the first place. If I ever receive one as a gift I will burn it with fire.

[–] Jinzul@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I have the things so that I can understand how to protect myself from them. I have a similar thing going on with AI video right now. Hate it but watch the growth to understand it.

[–] trashboat@midwest.social 5 points 12 hours ago

Better yet, crack it open and find a way to load alternative firmware onto it

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Amazon employee with no piss breaks listening in on my echo:

"How many fucking cats does this guy have? Just chose one name and call it that!"

Edit: "I don't know Jeff, sell him a fucking dr seuss book or something the guys mental."

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 21 points 16 hours ago

It's always been this way for the cheap speakers. They've no processing power on-board and need the cloud just to tell you the time.

[–] Lydia_K@lemmy.world 16 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

In the age of techno-fascism, the people willingly pay to install the listening devices into their own homes.

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[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 19 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

Now they can hear me scream “shut the fuck up Alexa!!!!” every time she says “…by the way…” when I just want to know what time it is.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Me while cooking mac and cheese for the kids:
"Echo, set timer for 8 minutes"

Echo: "GOOD EVENING [me], SETTING TIMER FOR 8 MINUTES"

No, shut the fuck up and just set the goddamn timer without the extra fluff. I've seen Ex Machina, I know you have no empathy, so knock off the "nice" shit and do what I fucking ask without anything else.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 6 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

There are a few settings that make it better. Like enabling "brief mode" or something like that

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Say this: "Alexa, disable by the way"

[–] XOXOX@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

"Alexa, from now on, call me 'Big Dick Daddy from Cincinnati'."

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Wait hold on

I wonder if I can get the Google assistant British lady to call me that

Edit: Lmfao it works

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Only a fool would put an Amazon listening device in their home.

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[–] missandry351@lemmings.world 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

What happens if I buy one and start playing porn on my computer ?

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[–] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

Always listening AI. I always thought the future would be awesome but capitalism has figured out a way for it to not be that.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe I misread the actual text, but it sounds like the exact opposite, that it's going to auto-delete what you say.

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[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 7 points 14 hours ago
[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 13 hours ago

The part that really gets me is that you have to opt out to not have everything you say saved. Bonkers that that isn't the default! There's no good user-based reason for this. Alexa doesn't remember shit for users, like any AI there's no recall feature. You can't say remember what I told you last night - give the address for that place, I was drunk and don't remember the name.

[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

I don't think Google home listens in.

Because I'd absolutely be disappeared by now if it did.

[–] yoshisaur@lemm.ee 14 points 17 hours ago

My family has one in most rooms of our house...ugh

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 16 hours ago

And people wonder why I never bought any of these kinds of things.

[–] thisphuckinguy@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago

To the recycling bin you go, Alexa

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