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   HiramFromTheChi 👨🏽‍💻💭 (hiramfromthechi@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Oct-2023 22:11:08 JST HiramFromTheChi 👨🏽‍💻💭

   Any device that needs to be off because it can't be trusted with your conversations should not exist in the first place.

   #privacy #privacymatters #security #infosec #cybersecurity #cybersec #amazon #amazonecho #surveillance

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     Sbectol :twt: (sbectol@toot.wales)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Oct-2023 22:11:10 JST Sbectol :twt:

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     @hiramfromthechi why on earth do they have such a device in places where it could overhear information like that?

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     IzzyOnDroid ✅ (izzyondroid@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 16:18:58 JST IzzyOnDroid ✅

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     @hiramfromthechi Let me fix that image for you:

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     HiramFromTheChi 👨🏽‍💻💭 (hiramfromthechi@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 16:19:01 JST HiramFromTheChi 👨🏽‍💻💭

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     • Anders Puck Nielsen

     @anderspuck that's part of the issue here.. they're equating "muted" with "isn't listening," which isn't the same thing.

     If something is muted, it means it's not producing volume. But just cause it's not producing volume doesn't mean it's not listening.

     If it's "muted" in the sense that it can't hear you, there's still no way to confirm this is actually the case.

     These devices are always "passively" listening anyways, which means they're listening for the "wake" word to "actively" listen. 👁️👁️

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     Anders Puck Nielsen (anderspuck@krigskunst.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 16:19:03 JST Anders Puck Nielsen

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     @hiramfromthechi What does “muted” mean in this context? Shouldn't it be off entirely?

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     Jules (afewbugs@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 08:20:52 JST Jules

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     • Sbectol :twt:

     @Sbectol @hiramfromthechi it's a really difficult issue that a friend of mine who was IT security manager at a hospice had to grapple with. Relatives bring them in for patients who can't move very much and it genuinely is helpful for their quality of life to be able to just ask to have music or podcasts or whatever played when they ask. If you can't lift your head or hands you have so little control of your environment. He ultimately banned them but felt bad about it

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