tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post3273967923710486389..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Game systems, smart home technology, and Big BrotherPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-8769978850795442482020-10-24T08:52:30.597-05:002020-10-24T08:52:30.597-05:001) Sony will be sued (successfully) in states I wh...1) Sony will be sued (successfully) in states I which both/all parties must give consent to audio recording.<br />Lawyers will be salivating and lining up in droves for those class actions.<br /><br />2) Personal voice changers will become a growth market.<br />Sounding like anything from Darth Vader to Stephen Hawking, and a myriad plethora of other possibilities - for every user, simultaneously - will become <i>de rigueur</i> online.<br />Dear Sony: How you gonna tell which one of 23 Darth Vaders/Stephen Hawkings in a chatroom is the offending party when they all run open mics?<br /><br />Best wishes with your evil genius plan, Sonitards, and try to recall that <i>1984</i> was intended as literature, not an instruction manual, you gape-mawed corporate crapweasels.<br />Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-20669211238565932522020-10-21T22:10:59.088-05:002020-10-21T22:10:59.088-05:00The only "snitch" in my house is my cell...The only "snitch" in my house is my cell...and I never use a voice function...John T. Blockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10878974023699762981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-15746042583952905182020-10-21T18:14:53.040-05:002020-10-21T18:14:53.040-05:00Many home builders offer 'smart' homes. E...Many home builders offer 'smart' homes. Even if a home buyer says they do not want the system, the system is not optional. A buyer may think it has been disabled but they would be wrong.<br /><br />As for my computer eavesdropping on my speech and presenting advertisements for products I may have mentioned - which certainly has happened on several occasions - I have learned to just keep my thoughts to myself, to not speak out loud. Though the appearance of unsolicited ads resulting from eavesdropping would seem benign, the fact is we don't know who is listening or how our private information gotten from casual conversation is disseminated and for what purpose. <br /><br />Its gotten to the point that I half expect a knock at the door, or, when the subject is more politically minded, a sudden breach at 0500 hours. I think its beyond the tin hat paranoia to think of such.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15452530649659364201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-57038375901985543892020-10-21T12:47:50.217-05:002020-10-21T12:47:50.217-05:00It's not *quite* as bad as you might think. ...It's not *quite* as bad as you might think. Any company that does business in Europe has to conform to the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations). GDPR requires that any data retained (including speech data) must be accessible to the originating user, and the user has the option of deleting said data. This applies for ALL EU citizens, whether they're in the EU or not.<br /><br />I'm not aware of any company that does this ONLY for its EU users (since it would entail a lot of extra work). Certainly Microsoft and Amazon have data portals for their US users. Google probably does, too, although I haven't been to the Google data portal. Sony would likely have the same thing.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16638030718029760972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-81769288507816038622020-10-21T12:06:44.154-05:002020-10-21T12:06:44.154-05:00@Freeholder. In your toilet? Oh, crap. NOw you’ll...@Freeholder. In your toilet? Oh, crap. NOw you’ll be getting targeted ads for Metamucil, Kaopectate, and Flomax. Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935525862452793791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-54240175547759776542020-10-21T11:05:27.596-05:002020-10-21T11:05:27.596-05:00Why would you WANT your own personal Stasi agent??...Why would you WANT your own personal Stasi agent?????Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-70586949106172957292020-10-21T10:54:12.757-05:002020-10-21T10:54:12.757-05:00This will run afoul of wiretapping laws in several...This will run afoul of wiretapping laws in several states, I'd wager.<br /><br />I removed every "smart" speaker from my home (they aren't that useful anyway), and have disabled the voice crap on our phones. Then I had to off Alexa on my wife's tablet. But if you buy a new TV, it's on there as well. They're pushing this stuff into everything. Pretty soon it'll be in your toilet, I expect.The Freeholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989697995675652792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-91267070677841170332020-10-21T10:42:22.601-05:002020-10-21T10:42:22.601-05:00There's a reason that someone posted instructi...There's a reason that someone posted instructions on how to remove the microphone from the Google Fire remote. I expect it's the same reason that I know it was posted. Shermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07098953206824247173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-18948201329280918892020-10-21T08:35:27.199-05:002020-10-21T08:35:27.199-05:00The warning seems to be that people in your party ...The warning seems to be that people in your party may be recording you and by partying up you're consenting to that. Easy option is to only game with people you know or not use voice chat, I say as a gamer. Heck, there are people who troll people in voice chat and record their angry responses to post on YouTube. I'm cool with Sony making the situation explicitly clear.<br /><br />This isn't Big Brother so much as Annoying Shitkid Little Brother Who Can't Stop Using Racial Slurs who might be watching you for their amusement and he's the one in danger of being recorded.<br /><br />I'd link you to some of the kinds of recordings that I'm talking about, but that sort of content doesn't belong on this site. Some of the trash-talking is amazing though. Some of it does cross the line, such as the guys who don't only tell people to kill themselves, but give detailed and accurate instructions on how to do it, repeatedly in voice and messaging. <br /><br />And as a gamer, I'll admit to giving as good as I got. Never anything racial, but the things I insinuated my fellow players did with their fathers, uncles, selves and various species of livestock was quite creative.Ferrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745101120732054643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-64483153202705107412020-10-21T07:24:24.720-05:002020-10-21T07:24:24.720-05:00You Internet-of-stuff enabled refrigerator is so h...You Internet-of-stuff enabled refrigerator is so helpful. It sees when you're our of milk, and orders more. It sees when you're using too much food, and tattles to the police that might be harboring Jews or dissidents.<br /><br />(You don't even have to be near a microphone, just near. I downloaded Viper antivirus for a customer. The search for the download was done in the shop, but totally on the customer's computer. And now I see ads for Viper on my BookFace.)lee n. fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01652025469454858807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-38731097742913653912020-10-21T05:47:15.599-05:002020-10-21T05:47:15.599-05:00If you're using any kind of voice-chat, you ru...If you're using any kind of voice-chat, you run the risk of being recorded.<br /><br />I mean, the proliferation of Youtube game recordings should show that, if nothing else.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06212847992939949480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-35565301617093105302020-10-21T05:41:32.203-05:002020-10-21T05:41:32.203-05:00If you have a cell phone or an Internet connected ...If you have a cell phone or an Internet connected TV, you are already being monitored. Don't believe me? Talk about something that you normally wouldn't buy. Say, birdseed or an exercise bike. Within 24 hours, all of the targeted ads you see online will be about that object. <br /><br />It happens to us all of the time. The privacy ship has already sailed. Divemedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.com