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1. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2019 01:00:04 UTC Sean O'Brien

   fresh off the press - this is why I don't like to give the "benefit of the doubt" to Big Tech, even though I will limit my comments to the available info:
   https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-10/is-anyone-listening-to-you-on-alexa-a-global-team-reviews-audio

   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} and Stephen Michael Kellat repeated this.
   • Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2019 01:33:49 UTC Mike Gerwitz

     in reply to
     @diggity While this practice is expected (as the article notes, other companies do it as well), most users are definitely not aware of it and I think that many more people would be uncomfortable using these devices if they did learn that this isn't all just being processed by computers. Some of that conversation happened during the Snowden revelations---is it okay if it's just computers "listening" rather than a human being? (Of course, it's never just computers.)
     
     It's also another example of AI capabilities being over-sold to users.
     
     Thanks for sharing!
     LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} repeated this.