Er maybe it’s not smart to have smart electronics after all. We’re being spied on, tracked and controlled. Never have I wanted so badly to live off grid in the bush.
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Nope, I've known for decades this was coming. I guess I thought we all knew this was spyware.
I graduated from high school in 1984, so I guess that makes me Gen X. Orwell's 1984 and Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 were required reading. I was also heavily influenced by 2001: A Space Odyssey, which I saw when I was probably age 10. I've always been highly skeptical and I marvel at people who can sail through life completely unbothered by the shit I see everywhere.
I freaked out some of my in-lawswhen I visited them and discovered they had one of these spy boxes.
They didn't take what I was saying seriously, so I just said 'Alexa, turn off your microphone'. It responded by saying I could turn the power off if I liked.
You should have seen their faces, priceless. Of course, the fucking dingbats still have it as far as I'm aware.
Same experience with relatives.
Do you carry a smartphone with you?
I don't even own one, so no.