I think Alexa is listening to us when it’s not supposed to be

[cantdrv55]

My wife and I were discussing bunion surgery. A few minutes later, I went on Facebook to surf and up pops an ad for a bunion surgery center. Wtf. I think the beotch is spying on us.

[Pazuzu]

Thanks, now I'm going to see bunion surgery ads as well.

[Gogar]

Yes. She is. No speculation necessary

[911boost]

I would NEVER willingly put one of those in my house.

[sc_rufctr]

Does Bezos and his ilk look like the kind of people you could trust with your personal data?

Having said that I know someone who is very paranoid and yet he has Alexa listening in on everything going on inside his house.
(Fake Moon landings, 9/11 truther etc.)

[red 928]

if there was only
an easy solution

[Geronimo '74]

That phenomenon has existed since long before Alexa or Google hub.
Reports of people getting facebook ads for things they were talking about earlier have existed for years.

[cantdrv55]

So Amazon who owns Alexa is selling my info to FB who then sells my info to advertisers? Mothereffers!

[Heel n Toe]

[Tishabet]

I have deep, intimate knowledge of Alexa and the technical underpinnings and was involved with a number of regulatory and compliance certifications of the device and services.

I have several throughout my house, including in my office where I spend all day in meetings discussing highly confidential projects with Amazon competitors.

I'm not saying a little skepticism isn't healthy, but I don't think "they" are listening to you when the device is asleep. Beyond my own first hand knowledge I would point to the many former employees (remember, this is a company with literally hundreds of thousands of employees) and the lack of any leaks to this effect, you simply could not keep something as big as "Amazon listens to your conversations and uses them to target ads to you on Facebook" under wraps. We are talking about a device that premiered in 2014 here, so there are many thousands of former employees who worked on this platform in addition to those working on it right now.

[PorscheGAL]

I may be Facebook through your cell phone listening in.

[Aurel]

One day we were driving with Apple Maps on and discussing that a lot of people were going to die from the pandemic…and Siri said without being asked “Here is a list of the nearest hospitals, where would you like to go?”

WTF? The Siri Beotch was apparently also listening to our conversation….

[911Ghia]

I wouldn’t do that Dave

[cabmandone]

So is Google and Apple. Welcome to the "big brother"

[berettafan]

[VINMAN]

Originally Posted by Geronimo '74

That phenomenon has existed since long before Alexa or Google hub.
Reports of people getting facebook ads for things they were talking about earlier have existed for years.

Yep without a doubt. First time I realized it was a couple of years ago, me and my stepdaughter where sitting out on the deck, talking about a trip to San Antonio. Later on in the afternoon, both of us started getting ads about SA on our FB. We were like WTF? that's pretty creepy. After that, started paying attention to ads popping up more and more for things in general conversation. It was really obvious that our phones are listening to us

The weirdest thing that's happened was a few weeks ago, over a friends house, was looking at BBQ rubs on his counter. Never once did either of us mention the name brand or even say the words BBQ rub. When I got home that night, I was getting ads for that exact brand that he was using.

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[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by PorscheGAL

I may be Facebook through your cell phone listening in.

+1

Brother and I walking thru an empty house last year and my cell phone is in my jacket pocket. He says "You could put a Murphy bed in here".

Guess what I get ads for on my desktop? I think it was YouTube.

[BK911]

If its not listening, how does it know when you give it a command?

[john70t]

[Fast Freddy 944]

Originally Posted by cantdrv55

My wife and I were discussing bunion surgery. A few minutes later, I went on Facebook to surf and up pops an ad for a bunion surgery center. Wtf. I think the beotch is spying on us.

I knew the NSA, and the tech industry was tied to Alexa before it came out. LOL! You have a slip of the tongue and you could have a visit from the feds, LOL! You should have known!