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Thousands of Amazon workers listen to recordings from Alexa

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April 11, 2019, 02:03 PM
BigSwede
Thousands of Amazon workers listen to recordings from Alexa
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/t...ential-crimes-report


“We have strict technical and operational safeguards, and have a zero tolerance policy for the abuse of our system. Employees do not have direct access to information that can identify the person or account as part of this workflow. All information is treated with high confidentiality and we use multi-factor authentication to restrict access, service encryption and audits of our control environment to protect it,” Amazon told Fox News.





April 11, 2019, 02:05 PM
parabellum
The Hell you say.

You'd think that I'd get tired of being right...
April 11, 2019, 02:07 PM
LDD


Adama was right.

Privacy and liberty: such inconvenient concepts Roll Eyes
April 11, 2019, 02:22 PM
parabellum
Perhaps you missed the GIGANTIC MEME IN THE FIRST POST
April 11, 2019, 02:35 PM
HRK
I routinely tell other folks Alexas to do things, like when checking on my daughters house, they have it playing some contemporary music, then they come home to Alexa playing Polka Tunes.

Next time they are gone I'ma gonna order dog treats and catnip for delivery...



April 11, 2019, 02:36 PM
Georgeair
quote:
Originally posted by PASig:

quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
Perhaps you missed the GIGANTIC MEME IN THE FIRST POST


That's taking it to an entirely new level of not reading entire thread. Can we actually post now without even OPENING the thread? That's awesome!



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April 11, 2019, 02:37 PM
Doc H.
quote:
Originally posted by BigSwede:
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/t...ential-crimes-report


“We have strict technical and operational safeguards, and have a zero tolerance policy for the abuse of our system. Employees do not have direct access to information that can identify the person or account as part of this workflow. All information is treated with high confidentiality and we use multi-factor authentication to restrict access, service encryption and audits of our control environment to protect it,” Amazon told Fox News.


Top. Men.





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April 11, 2019, 03:16 PM
Woodman
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Originally posted by Georgeair:
Can we actually post now without even OPENING the thread?


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April 11, 2019, 03:19 PM
kg5388
My friend is terrified of sharks. Every so often I will tell her Alexa to set a 2 am alarm to the jaws theme.

I laugh, her Alexa laughs and she calls us both a bunch of dirty words


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April 11, 2019, 03:26 PM
ensigmatic
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
Perhaps you missed the GIGANTIC MEME IN THE FIRST POST

Wow. That's gotta be some kinda SF record.



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April 11, 2019, 06:14 PM
PASig
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
Perhaps you missed the GIGANTIC MEME IN THE FIRST POST


I honestly did not see it, sometimes I think linked images are not visible on my phone for some reason.


April 11, 2019, 06:16 PM
PASig
quote:
Originally posted by Georgeair:
quote:
Originally posted by PASig:

quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
Perhaps you missed the GIGANTIC MEME IN THE FIRST POST


That's taking it to an entirely new level of not reading entire thread. Can we actually post now without even OPENING the thread? That's awesome!


Or how about you chill the fuck out? I didn’t see the linked image when I posted mine.


April 11, 2019, 06:18 PM
parabellum
OK, it's cool
April 11, 2019, 06:39 PM
nhracecraft
Sooo, back to the discussion of Amazon & the Amazon Alexa, and them doing EXACTLY what they had said they never do.... Roll Eyes




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April 11, 2019, 11:13 PM
Dusty78
You mean Amazon employees have heard me say “Alexa turn on my kitchen lights” a thousand times???? Roll Eyes


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April 11, 2019, 11:25 PM
cas
Skynet is becoming self aware.

And it knows what kind of porn you like.


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April 12, 2019, 12:12 AM
SigJacket
quote:
Originally posted by cas:
Skynet is becoming self aware.

And it knows what kind of porn you like.


Well, if amazon would buy pornhub, problem solved. And since you can order from someone else’s Alexa...


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April 12, 2019, 07:11 AM
Paten
quote:
Originally posted by Dusty78:
You mean Amazon employees have heard me say “Alexa turn on my kitchen lights” a thousand times???? Roll Eyes


Sure. They could also hear you when you get intimate with your wife/girlfriend, when you fight with each other, when you talk about the neighbors or the in-laws. Whatever. But if all you ever say in the vicinity of your Amazon Echo device is "Turn on the kitchen lights", than that's all it will ever hear, sure.
April 12, 2019, 08:44 AM
braillediver
Wow a system designed to listen to everything you say- Really listens to everything you say.

Who would of ever thought.......


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April 12, 2019, 08:54 AM
TigerDore
- The check's in the mail.

- Of course I will respect you in the morning.

- Amazon will never use Alexa to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens.


Has anyone noticed that Alexa is black and is a house servant? How racist is that?



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