My MIL and FIL both have an echo. MIL also has internet connected cameras now at her home. For the life of me I don't understand why.
How did we even get here? My dad asked me to get one of those new iPhones with facial recognition and I just don't see that happening. At what point do the minimal ease of use gains come with redline considerations that shouldn't be crossed?
Side note: your iPhone spies on you in weirder ways each iOS update. Start typing keywords in your photo search bar and see all the weird shit that comes up.
------ “There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.” -Albert Camus
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79862 posts
Tue Dec-05-17 01:42 PM
3. "that facial recognition is scary as shit" In response to Reply # 0
gonna be at home broke as fuck cause you walked past a kiosk and looked at it for too long.
Not a fan
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
4. "Nah, but Android be all up in your business too" In response to Reply # 0
I get messages talking about "hey, flipnile... so how'd you like that Jamaican food spot you were at yesterday from 2:06pm to 2:22pm? *picture enclosed of the Jamaican spot* Was the food banging? Leave a review!"
I cut my always-on stuff off as a default, since I hate it wasting the battery and I hate saying "Hi, Galaxy!" (can't change this shit, either).
auragin_boi Member since Aug 01st 2003 20939 posts
Tue Dec-05-17 03:03 PM
18. "Me personally...I want a house I can talk to" In response to Reply # 12
I don't let my devices listen 24/7. They are muted (which I know doesn't mean they aren't listening) most of the day. I un-mute them when I want to give commands/will be home and need the assistant.
People panic about a device listening but EVERY space story we've ever seen has had a ship with a computer that is always listening and does your bidding.
Now all of a sudden we are scared of the future/present.
Right now, I have smart lighting, appliances (TV, Fridge, Stove, dishwasher, washer/dryer), video intercom, thermostat and external cameras. I will soon have a robot vacuum. I want them all connected so I can speak and things get done.
I have a computer, a tablet, and a phone, I don't see the point of those sort of always on units. There's never anything so pressing in my life that it can't wait 15 seconds for me to open up one of my personal devices I already have.
10. "They really don't though. " In response to Reply # 8
They have an abundance of data that they lack the sophistication to handle or parse to make sense of If we really wanted to shut down the system just have everyone contribute to the system honestly
Most systems you use that are tech have a high level of human backend to make them run Which in my opinion makes it worse Receipt scanning tech is data input by third party humans (yikes) Abusive content flagging is checked by humans aside from some choice keywords (YouTube, google, Facebook, twitter all have human back ends) And those are just two examples
Even your Spotify recommended playlists (which are excellent) get by from using software mixed with human created affinity playlists.
------ “There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.” -Albert Camus
I bet if they wanted they could tell you where you have been these last 30 days, what you ate, wheat you bought, what you watched..
and real talk, while I think about unplugging from all this I smh at folks who try to act like they are unplugged from it all.
There is a coworker who is a little older and I set up his Iphone. Dude was like "how do I make a call? How do I send a text message? How do I..." I just walked away.
Folks who say "I never heard of that (insert artist, song, movie, show) are also side eyed. If you don't know google that shit. You don't sound cool you sound uninformed.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
13. "That's historical data, their predictive capability is still crap" In response to Reply # 11 Tue Dec-05-17 02:37 PM by MEAT
Particularly if you're a minority I'm far less concerned with someone knowing what I've done than I am with their capability for predicting what I'll do.
------ “There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.” -Albert Camus
19. "I believe it's being done on large and imprecise scales" In response to Reply # 17
And that's it's subject to the blind spots of near every major system; that it's developed by and to be used by a majority of white males who have huge blinders in a number of different arenas, blinders which allow them to not understand the data they acquire and develop faulty assumptions off of it. This can be seen in credit scores, video recommmedations, advertising, and health studies amongst other things
------ “There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.” -Albert Camus
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
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