My husband is Ron Swanson

[Anonymous]

I don't know if the government is spying on me via Echo, my cell phone, or whatever, I'm sure they are to some extent. It doesn't stress me, not much I can do about it other than move to a cabin in Alaska. I'm sure they find me quite boring anyway, "Well there she goes again! Ms. Jane Doe again watching Netflix and deleting chain emails from her sister. What's that? Do not dare pour another glass of wine miss, you already had one and it might give you a buzz, don't embarrass yourself".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know if the government is spying on me via Echo, my cell phone, or whatever, I'm sure they are to some extent. It doesn't stress me, not much I can do about it other than move to a cabin in Alaska. I'm sure they find me quite boring anyway, "Well there she goes again! Ms. Jane Doe again watching Netflix and deleting chain emails from her sister. What's that? Do not dare pour another glass of wine miss, you already had one and it might give you a buzz, don't embarrass yourself".

[Anonymous]

We need a spinoff thread to talk about Echo/Alexa. If he's Ron Swanson, are you Tammy 1 or Tammy 2?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know if the government is spying on me via Echo, my cell phone, or whatever, I'm sure they are to some extent. It doesn't stress me, not much I can do about it other than move to a cabin in Alaska. I'm sure they find me quite boring anyway, "Well there she goes again! Ms. Jane Doe again watching Netflix and deleting chain emails from her sister. What's that? Do not dare pour another glass of wine miss, you already had one and it might give you a buzz, don't embarrass yourself".

Strangely, it's not the government that bugs me the most. It's Google and some such, i.e. private corporations who make a crap load of money selling you data.

[Anonymous]

In that case, take on the persona of Ron Swanson's ex wife Tammy (#1). By next week he'll be saying "You know, Echo if an efficient way to use audio visual devices" and "I think we should spend more time in the city. My wife is so smart and rational with her logic.

[InAndOut]

Anonymous wrote:It’s really hard to live with him sometimes. He refuses to use our echo as the government would spy on us. He refuses to live in the city because of the “liberals”; he has eclectic interests and is reclusive. He has a hard time relating to other people.

I am the polar opposite. I don’t know what to do.

The biggest concern is around privacy, as these devices are always listening and sending encrypted recordings to the cloud backend once an assumed keyword is heard. As recent issues with Google Home Mini have shown, it is possible for these devices to go haywire and send a lot more recordings to the backend than intended.

Users of these devices must also remember that someone who has your Google or Amazon account credentials can listen to your recording history.

[Anonymous]

I don't hate technology or anything but I really can't figure out why anyone WOULD buy an Amazon echo. I had a coworker who bought one of the very first devices and we could never figure out its usefulness.