Such devices are supposed to listen, but sharing those recordings with advertisers is really really shitty.Everyone knows all these echo, Alexa etc gizmos are always listening but now Apple is to pay $95m to settle Siri 'listening' lawsuit.
Apparently Apple don't admit any liability
Apple to pay $95m to settle Siri listening case
The tech giant denies wrongdoing after being accused of eavesdropping on customers.www.bbc.co.uk
They are supposed to listen, to listen for their keyword, but I don't think they are supposed to record, or to transmit the listening to HQ.
Spies these days are just bone-idle lazy.
I have A load of Alexafied devices around the house. Do I think some things I say will get sent back to Amazon without my knowledge? Absolutely! Alexa has sprung into action on loads of occasions without being asked to. Do I gave a shit? Of course I don't, or I wouldn't have Alexafied devices in my house.
Indeed, and therefore I don't have oneI have A load of Alexafied devices around the house. Do I think some things I say will get sent back to Amazon without my knowledge? Absolutely! Alexa has sprung into action on loads of occasions without being asked to. Do I gave a shit? Of course I don't, or I wouldn't have Alexafied devices in my house.
If you own one of these things, you have to assume it's going to "hear" something you didn't want it to. If that bothers people, they shouldn't own a device that's designed specifically to listen to you and send that data back to someone who spent millions designing the device to monetise your voice
Imagine owning one and complaining when it does what it was designed to do. Only in America. The land of litigation.Indeed, and therefore I don't have one
Bots are fairly easy to block, if you want to block them. A robots.txt file sorts the legit ones, while .htaccess entries sort the rest.
Indeed, I know, I am a bit surprised we aren't blocking Amazons bot.
Knowing absolutely nothing about this process, my question would be...was this level of surveillance made clear to consumers before they bought the product?
Yes, if you click the link at the top of that list of users "Members Online" it takes you to a new screen where you can select robots, users etc
I strongly doubt that anybody sat them down and explained exactly how the device works, but if a motorbike dealer doesn't explain to me that pinning the throttle on a superbike could result in serious pain, can I sue them if I take the bike from the showroom, pin the throttle and crash through the wall of a nearby KFC?
I don't understand your point.
You said "Spies these days are just bone-idle lazy."
I am very ignorant I did not know that that is what it meant. Blimey.
No worries. There are loads of these robots that crawl sites like Urban, the most potentially straight forward being googlebot which reads our content in exchange for sending search visitors from Google. However even Google is starting to regurgitate website's content on Google search results pages without always crediting the original website.
I can understand allowing Google to crawl the site, as you're getting something in return, but I have no idea what benefit comes from allowing Amazon bots. I'd be telling them to fuck right off.
I'm not convinced those comparisons, tbh. Knowing the screeds of agreement T&Cs that accompany anything IT, I'd imagine that the corporations involved in the spying would claim that the consumers had agreed to it?
It's Apple. Buried deep in their T&C will be a page that states you've agreed to the T&C the moment you switch the phone on.
