Eh, millions of households have a smart speaker that's constantly recording and I doubt that the majority of people that use one have truly internalized the ramifications of having such a device at home.
replyCan you spell out the ramifications for the plebs?
replyAs far as I can tell home smart speakers are being used for warrantless mass surveillance, unlike Flock for example. Do you mean the possible future situation where they are?
I don’t quite understand how after twenty five years of the modern internet and every single consequent revelation about state surveillance you’re still at a point where you can look at a corporate-owned camera or microphone and say, “my priors suggest this isn’t being used for state surveillance and/or won’t be in the future, I’m gonna need evidence it is before I consider the consequences of that.”
reply(I think you forgot a "not": home smart speakers a NOT being used for warrantless mass surveillance)
replyI think you're replying to sarcasm.
replyI think you’re mistaking a shallow AI take for sarcasm.
replyMy new venture-backed social network is called Wormtongue, no reason.
replyWhat a time for Poe's law.
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