Police Want Your Smart Speaker—Here's Why
www.wired.com
Requests are rising from law enforcement for information on the devices, which can include internet queries, food orders, and overheard conversations.

This should be obvious, but don't keep an alexa or google home in your living space.

    • Necco [any]
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      4 years ago

      Yea but you can turn your lights on and off without touching a switch

    • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      1. You're correct.

      2. The smartphone that is always near you and always in your house poses nearly the exact same risk.

    • Necco [any]
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      4 years ago

      At best they are just a way to get you to buy more shit, at worse they can get you put in jail. Anyone who thinks google wouldnt let the state wiretap you through a smart speaker is fooling themselves

  • RNAi [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    As if my phone wasn't listening anyways.

    • Necco [any]
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      4 years ago

      no reason to make it easier for them

  • Budwig_v_1337hoven [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    also turn off any kind of 'hot word' personal assistant bs on your phone. Doesn't exactly make you safe from state persecution (if they really wanna, they're gonna getcha) but it's better than walking around with an active listening device in your pocket. If you're not concerned for yourself, do it for your comrades.

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    if you ask me voice control is for in the car while driving and nothing else