Your voice assistant is profiling you, just not in the way you expect, new research finds
news.northeastern.edu
The three biggest players in voice assistants –– Google, Apple and Amazon –– have radically different approaches to profiling users.

The three biggest players in voice assistants –– Google, Apple and Amazon –– have radically different approaches to profiling users, Northeastern University researchers say.

  • Ebby@lemmy.ssba.comEnglish
    383·
    3 days ago

    These devices are almost always listening, and the companies behind them are already collecting our data.

    Uh oh! Clicks scary link

    The good news is, they aren’t recording all the time … and when they are activated accidentally, the recordings are typically short.

    :/ alrightythen

    • Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.eeEnglish
      172·
      3 days ago

      So what it’s saying is that it doesn’t need 24/7 recordings to profile us in a way that’s profitable for them because we are some basic bitches, right.

      • Ebby@lemmy.ssba.comEnglish
        6·
        3 days ago

        Just pointing out clickbait. They don’t even accurately reference their own articles. I stopped reading after that.