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PowerSurge
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It’s hard to believe that people actually pay money for those things.


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Originally posted by Gustofer:
FWIW, I just discovered something interesting.

It seems when you restart your iPhone, Siri turns on automatically and you have to go back into "Settings" and turn it off each time.

Not on either my wife's nor my iPhones or iPads.


If you don't think Samsung is on the same path, you should revisit your assumptions.



I never even mentioned Samsung.

So, ???


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I actually do have a NIB 2nd gen Amazon Echo that I was looking to karma here but I'm not going to give it away so it can just be destroyed. I'll have to think of something else to put up for a karma now.


Is that the new one with the smart hubs all built in? I'd definitely use it. The Philips Hub to Alexa link gets onerous.

I just always assume everything I say is being listened to. I usually have my phone within arms reach so everything else that's "listening" is just redundant.

I just really wish we could rename the echos to custom names. Mine would be named NSA, FBI, and CIA.


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I don't have any of these evesdropping devices. While I do have a Logitech Harmony Hub that probably does some market reporting in spite of my negating that option on installation what it can report about me is that I am a fan of NCIS, cooking shows, and PBS Nova. It can also report that as soon as I see George Stephanopolis I change the channel.


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Is that the new one with the smart hubs all built in?


No, I believe that would be the Echo Plus.
 
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I've been saying it for quite some time. I would not have this crap in my home....


Ditto.

All software will at sometime screw up. And I don't think all screw ups are accidents.



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I mentioned that there is a place that rents carpet cleaning machines nearby. Afterward, I opened the Amazon app on my phone and an ad for carpet cleaning machines comes up in a banner.
Maybe they are monitoring SIGforum. I own a fleet of these things that I supply to stores like Ace Hardware and True Value Hardware, for renting to end users.


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Originally posted by Leeann:
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Originally posted by Shaql:
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Originally posted by Leeann:
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Originally posted by Gustofer:
FWIW, I just discovered something interesting.

It seems when you restart your iPhone, Siri turns on automatically and you have to go back into "Settings" and turn it off each time.
Not on either my wife's nor my iPhones or iPads.
If you don't think Samsung is on the same path, you should revisit your assumptions.
I never even mentioned Samsung.

So, ???
I think that he is saying that even though you mentioned iThings specifically, it is likely that the same or similar situation exists with devices from other manufacturers.


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Every Android device has the Google voice search active as well. The only way that can work is if it is listening to you all the time. You can go into settings and turn it off, but I don't trust it.
 
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"Suri, call Cortana and Google over, and have them bring Alexa, 'cause then it's a party!"

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You won't find one of those things in our house!



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Just wondering, is there any of these things in the White House?


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Originally posted by Ackks:
Every Android device has the Google voice search active as well. The only way that can work is if it is listening to you all the time. You can go into settings and turn it off, but I don't trust it.


My android phone does not have google's voice search on it let alone active.


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My android phone does not have google's voice search on it let alone active.


If you open up the Google app under settings > Voice > "OK Google" detection isn't on? If so you are lucky. I have multiple phones and tablets and they all had it enabled. It may be Google Assistant on newer devices.
 
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My android phone does not have google's voice search on it let alone active.


If you open up the Google app under settings > Voice > "OK Google" detection isn't on? If so you are lucky. I have multiple phones and tablets and they all had it enabled. It may be Google Assistant on newer devices.


Voice may have been installed when I bought the phone, it’s been a while so I don't remember. First thing I did was go through and uninstall or disable as much of the bloatware crap as I could.
I just went and looked for google assistant to make sure they didn’t sneak it by me.


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Originally posted by parabellum:
I've been saying it for quite some time. I would not have this crap in my home.

Furthermore, when I have sex with my wife, all cellphones and tablets are off, or they are in some other room. I ain't kiddin'.

Ain't nobody's damn business


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Originally posted by Gustofer:
FWIW, I just discovered something interesting.

It seems when you restart your iPhone, Siri turns on automatically and you have to go back into "Settings" and turn it off each time. I made it a point to turn it off a year or two ago and just assumed that it stayed that way. Nope.

From time to time my phone needs a reboot. So, it seems Siri has been on for quite some time when I thought it was off.

Bastards! Mad


Goddamnit.
You're right. Just turned it back off myself.



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