Amazon eavesdrops on you

Richard Cranium · Jun 27, 2021

For all those deluded people who claimed Siri and Alexa were not eavesdropping on them, and people who thought so were paranoid - Amazon ADMITS it:

"Amazon Sidewalk Shares Your Home WiFi with the Neighbors"

We always suspected that the Amazon Echo resting quietly in your family room was more insidious than it seemed. Now we have confirmation.

We know that the Echo can hear us. We also know that it records private conversations in your home if the device thinks it hears the word “Alexa,’ and that Amazon can also listen to those conversations. A former Amazon executive admitted as much last year. "

https://www.natlawreview.com/.../amazon-sidewalk-shares...

R413 · Jun 27, 2021

Anybody with a family member named Alexa has that S.O.B. Triggered all day long.

WileERobby · Jun 27, 2021

I was being monitored by Amazon until I played a song by Yoko Ono. Immediately stopped.

fine69 · Jun 27, 2021

My crapple iphone spies enough as it is. I would never have one of them amazon or google thingies in my house. Plus alexa would be disgusted if she heard some of the things I say and do haha!

funknut · Jun 27, 2021

I don’t have any Alexa enabled devices, but what does sharing your internet connection have to do with eavesdropping? It’s all encrypted traffic, there’s nothing to eavesdrop.

Plus it’s all documented on the website, easy to opt out, etc. Not much of a ‘scoop’ here.

Hey-O · Jun 27, 2021

There only three warm bodies in my house, my wife, my dog and me. I don't Talk to a box, well you know what I mean!!

chargervert · Jun 27, 2021

I miss the old days,Thing can you hand me my beer?

slepr1 · Jun 27, 2021

I have Elexa, Google, Toshiba and Samsung all listening, monitoring and tracking what I say, what I watch on TV, who I call, what I do on the web and where I go. All combined they will think I'm a pretty boring guy.

gkent · Jun 27, 2021

Richard Cranium said:
Amazon Sidewalk Shares Your Home WiFi with the Neighbors

Well I find this funny because WiFi from ANY service provider is "shared with the neighbors" ... as well as anyone that gets close to your house! But while it may be shared, they can only use it if you've been stupid enough not to password protect it !! Its like walking into a mall and trying to log onto the net, you'll find two dozen wifi networks but they'll all be password protected.

cr8crshr · Jun 27, 2021

Don't have either and do not intend to do so!!! cr8crshr/Bill :usflag:

Hey-O · Jun 27, 2021

I don't do Facebook, does anyone really think I'd have big brother in my livingroom. My wife gives me all the information I do and do not need already.......

ckessel · Jun 27, 2021

We have the Google one. My wife likes it for timers, music and answering questions. Me, I don't trust it.

NJRR · Jun 27, 2021

I keep Alexa unplugged and off unless the wife uses it to listen to music.

khryslerkid · Jun 27, 2021

BIGSHCLUNK · Jun 27, 2021

We got an Alexa type device (google I think) as an Xmas gift a few years ago..... still in the box :thumbsup:

T2R9 · Jun 27, 2021

Having spent 30 years in IT I won't have any of that stuff in my house. Most everyones work eavesdrops on them too.

cr8crshr · Jun 27, 2021

Hey-O said:
I don't do Facebook, does anyone really think I'd have big brother in my livingroom. My wife gives me all the information I do and do not need already.......

Well I do use Farcebook as it is the only way I can keep in touch on a routine basis with my buds from my military days. Mostly just conversations and such. You know...Ol' Retiree/Medical BS. I also stay in touch with classmates and close Friends I have made. Other than that, nothing else as the site is too damn controversial and a terrible one at that. Even these Smart TVs are a pain in that they constantly want to change what you are watching. I only have one at that but it picks up the WiFi here in the house and I have yet to figure out how to disable it and just use the HDMI that my gateway is plugged into... cr8crshr/Bill :usflag:

SattyNoCar · Jun 27, 2021

Not long after I moved into my apt, the power company I'm signed up with, sent me one of those 'google assistants' "It'll help you control your whole house!" (ummmm, my apt is 500 sq ft. Ok, whatever).
I use it mostly for music, but have used it a couple of times to watch maintenance when they've come in to make repairs and I can't be home (I tell them).
But, one thing I've started to notice is that I'll find the camera 'on' when I know I've turned it off (there's a green light).
Don't know who's spying on me, but, I now walk around my apt in my birthday suit (I live alone). Haven't heard any screams from closest neighbors, and none have started giving me weird looks......

May put tape over the lens until I know I'm gonna use it.

slepr1 · Jun 28, 2021

satilite73 said:
I now walk around my apt in my birthday suit (I live alone). Haven't heard any screams from closest neighbors

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Triplegreen500 · Jun 28, 2021

If you don't believe big tech listens in, leave your phone on/awake. Talk about something you NEVER talk about in your home, while the phone is within earshot. That's the important part - it has to be something NEW, and distinct. Different than anything you ever talk about normally.

Wait an hour or so.

Then, get online on your phone, and visit some sites that always have advertisements. Look at what they're for.

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