Should I be scared of Alexa? - Printable Version

Should I be scared of Alexa? - Printable Version

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RE: Should I be scared of Alexa? - Darkghost - 07-12-2020

trade off.

your personal data for more upgraded features.

RE: Should I be scared of Alexa? - mothered - 07-13-2020

(07-12-2020, 06:11 PM)Darkghost Wrote: trade off.

your personal data for more upgraded features.

Perfectly said.

RE: Should I be scared of Alexa? - kRyPt0n - 07-13-2020

Cyber Security Specialist : You guys are owning shit?

You might also want to watch the movie "Snowden"

RE: Should I be scared of Alexa? - mothered - 07-13-2020

(07-13-2020, 07:12 AM)kRyPt0n Wrote:

The comment by the Programmers/Engineers Is priceless. He'd need a new round of bullets every minute.

I clearly remember the good old dot matrix printer In the late 80s and beyond.

RE: Should I be scared of Alexa? - kRyPt0n - 07-13-2020

(07-13-2020, 08:36 AM)mothered Wrote:
(07-13-2020, 07:12 AM)kRyPt0n Wrote:

The comment by the Programmers/Engineers Is priceless. He'd need a new round of bullets every minute.

I clearly remember the good old dot matrix printer In the late 80s and beyond.

The Programmers/Engineers Know what they are capable of doing...
I absolutely have no idea what "old dot matrix printer In the late 80s" is i wasn't born yet guess i'll hop in google

(07-13-2020, 11:37 AM)kRyPt0n Wrote:
(07-13-2020, 08:36 AM)mothered Wrote:
(07-13-2020, 07:12 AM)kRyPt0n Wrote:

The comment by the Programmers/Engineers Is priceless. He'd need a new round of bullets every minute.

I clearly remember the good old dot matrix printer In the late 80s and beyond.

The Programmers/Engineers Know what they are capable of doing...
I absolutely have no idea what "old dot matrix printer In the late 80s" is i wasn't born yet guess i'll hop in google

Lol look like a type writter with a printer

RE: Should I be scared of Alexa? - mothered - 07-13-2020

(07-13-2020, 11:37 AM)kRyPt0n Wrote: I absolutely have no idea what "old dot matrix printer In the late 80s" is i wasn't born yet guess i'll hop in google

That's when my computing career began.

(07-13-2020, 11:37 AM)kRyPt0n Wrote: Lol look like a type writter with a printer

You got that right.

It actually functioned In a similar fashion- printed from left to right, much the same as a typewriter moving In the same direction with each line typed. The printer was very loud and annoying, but for that era, It served Its purpose well.

RE: Should I be scared of Alexa? - Nyx - 07-13-2020

If anyone really wanted the convenience of a smart home while also having data privacy, just self host it. https://mycroft.ai/ is an open source voice assistant that you can make work with https://www.home-assistant.io/. Throw a couple hard wired, non broadcasting RPis around your house on their own VLANs to control them and tada, you have a smart home that your paranoid asses don't have to worry about, and unless you have some glaring security holes in your network that were preexisting before installing your smart home products, then you don't even have to worry about big hacker man taking control of your house.

RE: Should I be scared of Alexa? - ChickenAttack - 07-18-2020

Well, they are recording even without Alexa, I guess.

RE: Should I be scared of Alexa? - mothered - 07-18-2020

(07-18-2020, 01:53 PM)ChickenAttack Wrote: Well, they are recording even without Alexa, I guess.

The moment you establish an Internet connection, your privacy & anonymity Is no longer within the confines of your local environment.

RE: Should I be scared of Alexa? - Jiggly - 07-18-2020

(07-18-2020, 04:09 PM)mothered Wrote:
(07-18-2020, 01:53 PM)ChickenAttack Wrote: Well, they are recording even without Alexa, I guess.
The moment you establish an Internet connection, your privacy & anonymity Is no longer within the confines of your local environment.

I am glad there is awareness being raised about these devices, but I do think it's important to have a healthy dose of common sense about what you need to worry about, and equally, what you don't need to worry about.

On the topic, has anyone ever done a data request? I've actually requested my data from amazon for mere curiosity, but I have yet to nose through it.