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Why do people still buy any of these things? The convenience hardly seems worth it. Even if you’re not targeted by a malicious third party, the constant possibility of surveillance by the companies themselves is just creepy.
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At least when this happened in the 90’s they had to send Mary McDonnell to ply the information out of you.
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Do people tend to speak their passwords aloud a lot?
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Did you read the article?
After a long interval, the speaker then spoke in a voice that terminated the speaker’s OS, with a fake error message asking for a password to allow for a security update.
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Yes.
I made a catchy tune out of it:
“
Seven ampersand six capital N a o
Capital Z four pound l k capital J ”
I sing it in the car at red lights with my windows down.
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Seems like a good idea.
And I do love a catchy tune…
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Some friends have the Alexa thing, it consistently reinforces by desire to never own one, or anything like it; it constantly mis-hears instructions, or doesn’t hear them at all, or doesn’t play the music asked for.
I’d have Sonos-type speakers around, the Ikea lamp version is very appealing, but those are app-controlled, not voice, or ‘smart’.
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This still remains fantastic. I thought he’d taken that off his channel so i’m glad to see it back.
You don’t even have to wait for a malicious third party, good old fashioned corporate fuckery will do…
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I wonder if it will ever really be possible to enjoy the science fiction essay of the voice-controlled system.
Maybe some things just aren’t ever going to work, for some mundane or malicious reason or other.
The “science fiction future” wasn’t ever a promise, and the whole genre is a subset of fantasy. And that’s fine.
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I am really tempted to try to log into this site with your username and 7&6NaoZ4#lkJ
Because I would be so impressed if you used your real password just to see if anyone would try it.
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But what if it’s £lkJ, huh? You’d never know.
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HEY YOU! Yeah, you with the windows down! Is your “pound” hash or sterling?
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I don’t have to discuss my day with you
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