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Choice is good and you've chosen differently than I would. I would rather give up some convenience to remove the possibility of a spying device in my home. If I'm wrong, I really haven't lost anything. |
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05-21-2023, 02:22 AM | #18 |
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Or so you think. If your car is less than ten years old, there's a pretty good chance that is an unadvertised mic in there as well. Your cellphone has a mic in it - and those can be turned on remotely. Doesn't do a lot of good to buy old gear - computers, TVs, DVRs - that don't have mics, or worry about an Echo device, when you carry a mic around in your pocket wherever you go.
Right now our technology/society is pretty much on the edge where we might say "That doesn't affect me", and the answer is "Yes it does, you just don't realize it". It's like the days of old when you could run into the woods and hide from authorities. Nowadays they'll find you in a heartbeat. Probably even by using your heartbeat, for all we know. |
05-21-2023, 03:48 AM | #19 | |
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None of what you're saying about "what is" means I should invite even more bugging into my home. That's throwing up your hands and giving up. With the FBI now targeting traditional Catholics, anti-abortionists and parents who go to school board meetings (under domestic "terrorist" laws), how long before they start requesting audio (or transcripts) from customers who've bought traditional Catholic books or books on winning back your school district? Or books on anti-abortion activism? (As three examples.) And Amazon does routinely turn over this information to government entities. Not for me. Your choice here is not my choice. "Amazon confirms it holds on to Alexa data even if you delete audio files" https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/3/20...ording-privacy |
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05-21-2023, 06:59 AM | #20 |
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Way to go all tinfoil hat on everyone.
Take it to P&R. |
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WTF! Take it to the P&R forum. |
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The total amount of heat trapping gases present because of human activity has been increasing for centuries. We can "fix" that. |
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I choose not to let Amazon bug my house. Others may freely choose to do otherwise. |
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Maybe those in England and northern Europe would like to be able to grow grapes and make wine again like they did in the warm period before the Little Ice Age (when sunspots almost non-existent). https://thisdayinwinehistory.com/win...ittle-ice-age/ |
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Whether there has or there hasn't: you know perfectly well that this is not the place to discuss it. As I already said: take your political and religious aspects of this discussion to P&R where they belong.
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05-21-2023, 10:53 PM | #28 |
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I'm not the one who brought up either subject (as you know). I'm also not the one who first introduced snide remarks into the conversation.
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Search out Medieval warmth confirmed at the Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland for more information. Or even just Medieval Warm period. Or go back a few years and check out the Roman Warm period. The nasty bit is that the Bronze Age (Holocene Maximum), Roman and Medieval warm periods were localized event while the current temperature increase is global. Now to dig out my telescope to see if I can locate the topic of this thread. |
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