Cambridge Analytica

[Ken L]

And if more evidence of Big Brother were required:

Google’s and Amazon’s virtual assistants could become scary smart.
The tech companies have explored how smart speakers like the Google Home, Amazon Echo, and other devices could monitor more of what we say and do to target ads or product recommendations to us, according to their patent applications filed with the US government.

[Phone]

All,

 

Who's afraid of big brother? Ohh wait - you voted BREXIT

 

Phone

[Ken L]

All,

 

Who's afraid of big brother? Ohh wait - you voted BREXIT

 

Phone

Clearly not the American sheeple, with U.S. sales of smart speakers more than tripling to nearly 25 million in 2017.

 

Coming to a city near you:

Edited April 2, 2018 by Ken L

[Ken L]

Another interesting perspective:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6e1riShmak

 

I think I'm turning into a neo-Luddite.

[Sportsman]

"If you feed the beast, it will destroy you"

I don't use any of the social media with the exception of two fishing forums. I don't even have a smart phone, I have an old clamshell phone that is used to make occasional phone calls.

I wouldn't have one of these "virtual assistant" in my house

[chesters1]

I used to use facebook but i cannot have it exactly as i want it ,i dont need "suggestions" i need to get rid of and some you cannot! I let the mrs hang her dirty washing in public i prefer mine in a laundry basket !

 

It appears without it you cannot use messenger which WAS useful

 

Unfortunately there seems to be no way in forcing companies to remove ALL your details ,i have a worry giving my card details just to watch 3 months FREE now tv (cancelled immediatly as it has nothing you cannot find elsewhere free) will come back to haunt me as they are 'accidentally' taking money from closed accounts using stored card data

Edited April 4, 2018 by chesters1

[Andy_1984]

I used to use facebook but i cannot have it exactly as i want it ,i dont need "suggestions" i need to get rid of and some you cannot! I let the mrs hang her dirty washing in public i prefer mine in a laundry basket !

 

It appears without it you cannot use messenger which WAS useful

 

Unfortunately there seems to be no way in forcing companies to remove ALL your details ,i have a worry giving my card details just to watch 3 months FREE now tv (cancelled immediatly as it has nothing you cannot find elsewhere free) will come back to haunt me as they are 'accidentally' taking money from closed accounts using stored card data

I use my mobile browser for facebook. They thought they were being clever trying to make you download messenger to access pm's on a phone.

 

Trick is to use the browsers own "desktop version" option and fools fb in to thinking you are on a desktop.

 

Im close to deleting it all together though. Its all just garbage i see on the timeline these days.

[Ken L]

When Mark Zuckerberg and FBI Director James Comey cover their laptop camera and microphone with tape, you know there's something amiss.

[Andy_1984]

When Mark Zuckerberg and FBI Director James Comey cover their laptop camera and microphone with tape, you know there's something amiss.

And when yer own government are allowed to hoard data and device vulnerabilities and hack their citizens, you know we're all f'ked.

[Ken L]

Governments, businesses, political lobbying organisations funded by a certain Hungarian émigré...

Yep. F'ked!