Thread: Where is Alexa?
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      05-22-2020, 03:22 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by heelsmj View Post
You do know Google owns Nest and Amazon owns ring right? Do you use social media? Google search? Chrome browser?

If it makes you feel safe then by all means don't use Alexa but they already know everything about you.
Precisely why I don't have cloud-based cameras inside my house, disable most of Siri's features on my Apple devices, haven't had a facebook account in over a decade, and use a VPN when I do a lot of my browsing.

There is also a very obvious difference between a company knowing your browsing history and a company owning a slew of audio recordings of you in your home and car. If you aren't worried about the recordings they have of you in between the times when you actually say 'hey Alexa' or 'hey Siri', you really should be...

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-a9523951.html

Sorry, but "they already know everything about you anyway" is the laziest, most pathetic manner in which you can willingly hand over the remainder of the privacy that you still have.

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