Builder93 said:
BostonAg74 said:
I have a friend who had one of those devices and she said that her family was having a discussion about buying furniture one night (in the same room as the Echo) and the next day, ads for furniture were popping up all over her computer screen. She took the damn thing out that morning.
I've had family members experience that same thing.
I met a guy who knows a lot about the internal workings of these devices and he said he will never own one. He said they are listening all the time.
At this point, do people actually care about this? Obviously, nobody wants their privacy invaded, however I'm to the point now where I expect it's happening through multiple technology avenues, and by multiple groups of people (government, corporations, foreign countries, etc). While I don't like it, there is zero anyone can do about it. Y'all may as well get rid of all of your shi* and go live in the woods if you're that worried about it, because not owning a portable speaker is missing the forest through the trees.