Let The Right One In (NOT Alexa)

Stillill said:
A similar thing happened to us last year. We were in the bedroom discussing buying trackers to go on the dogs collars. Neither of us had looked them up online,it was just a casual conversation and the first time we had thought about it. We haven’t got an Alexa but we have a smart tv in the bedroom. We put the tv on very shortly afterwards to watch something on YouTube and a dog tracker advert popped up. Definitely not a coincidence.
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Does your tv have a camera & microphone? Only higher end models do I think. I have a smart tv but it doesn’t have either.
 
Ahh guys you should always wear your tinfoil hat when you go out and about not just the ufo watching us you know
 
hunck said:
Does your tv have a camera & microphone? Only higher end models do I think. I have a smart tv but it doesn’t have either.
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It was a cheap smart tv (Hisense) I’m pretty sure it hasn’t got either.
 
CharmerKamelion said:
Hmm. Devices talking to each other behind our backs. Not creepy at all.
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They do it all the time... (Amazon on my phone, my laptop, my tablet, two TVs and a dot, plus my wife's devices - all constantly updating each other; plus Google on my phone and my tablet, and probably on stuff that I have forgotten about).
 
hunck said:
No microphone means no way of picking up your conversation. Which makes your incident just coincidence. They do happen sometimes. Alternatively, maybe you had a phone nearby which did the listening..
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I did have a phone and an iPad nearby but didn’t realise they could “connect” to the tv.
 
Stillill said:
I did have a phone and an iPad nearby but didn’t realise they could “connect” to the tv.
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I’m not sure things could be arranged so that the ad cropped up pronto on tv. Do you think it was inserted in the schedule specially for you? Maybe all the thousands of others had ads tailored for them.. I don't know exactly how it's arranged but I reckon ad slots are more likely booked to be shown days/weeks in advance.

I'd put this one down to coincidence..
 
Stillill said:
I did have a phone and an iPad nearby but didn’t realise they could “connect” to the tv.
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Yes - the YouTube on the tv, if your signed in on it , also signed in on phone..... All connected/updatec/data shared
 
According to Currys, smart speaker sales have declined a great deal. It may be partly because all the people who were going to get one have one by now?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/66120000

Sales of smart speakers have "fallen off a cliff" as customers cut back and trade down on electrical items, the boss of Currys has said.
Sales overall at the group were down in the year to 29 April as people bought cheaper goods due to the rising cost of living.
Shoppers also bought more products on credit to spread their costs.
Shares in Currys dropped after it said it was "wary of optimism about consumer spending power" in the coming year.
Asked why sales had dropped 7% at the group, managing director Alex Baldock told the BBC's Today programme that shoppers "are being careful with their money".
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Min Bannister said:
According to Currys, smart speaker sales have declined a great deal. It may be partly because all the people who were going to get one have one by now?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/66120000
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l was amused to hear Rick Sanchez (from the unmissable Rick and Morty animation) say in a recent episode, “lf l wanted to let the government into my home, l’d buy an Alexa.”

maximus otter
 
I've just tried to get Alexa to play some Psychedelic Furs but she was ignoring me so I said "Alexa. Are you sulking?. There was a small pause then she replied with "Well I'm the only one here." .. sarcastic robot :chuckle:

(the Mrs has got Alexa playing what I asked for. I expect they're whispering together about me now)
 
What a strange, arguably unnerving reply.
*trembles"
 
OK
 

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Apple to pay $95m to settle Siri 'listening’ lawsuit​


By settling, Apple not only denies wrongdoing, but it also avoids the risk of facing a court case which could potentially mean a much larger pay out.

Apple has agreed to pay $95m (£77m) to settle a court case alleging some of its devices were listening to people without their permission.

The tech giant was accused of eavesdropping on its customers through its virtual assistant Siri.

The claimants also allege voice recordings were shared with advertisers.

In the preliminary settlement,, external the tech firm denies any wrongdoing, as well as claims that it "recorded, disclosed to third parties, or failed to delete, conversations recorded as the result of a Siri activation" without consent.

Apple's lawyers also say they will confirm they have "permanently deleted individual Siri audio recordings collected by Apple prior to October 2019".

But the claimants say the tech firm recorded people who activated the virtual assistant unintentionally - without using the phrase "Hey, Siri" to wake it.

According to the court documents, each claimant - who has to be based in the US -could be paid up to $20 per Siri-enabled device they owned between 2014 and 2019.

In this case, the lawyers could take 30% of the fee plus expenses - which comes to just under $30m.
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The Mrs swears our Alexa's are going senile. Nine times out of ten, she doesn't respond to the Mrs's voice anymore so I have to get assertive and 'order' ALEXA to stop. Most times these days, when I want ALEXA to stop doing something, I have to block it's flow up salesman pater by loudly saying "ALEXA STOP!" five times to get it to shut up. It's still a useful alarm clock though although I switch it off until I need it because otherwise it will suddenly start doing something without command so it seems to be listening in or responding or both to any noise I make which I'm not comfortable with.
 
Swifty said:
The Mrs swears our Alexa's are going senile. Nine times out of ten, she doesn't respond to the Mrs's voice anymore so I have to get assertive and 'order' ALEXA to stop. Most times these days, when I want ALEXA to stop doing something, I have to block it's flow up salesman pater by loudly saying "ALEXA STOP!" five times to get it to shut up. It's still a useful alarm clock though although I switch it off until I need it because otherwise it will suddenly start doing something without command so it seems to be listening in or responding or both to any noise I make which I'm not comfortable with.
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I have leant to my cost they have built in obsolescence, my first Alexa Show has given up the ghost at 6 years old
 
My electric blanket is plugged in to a smart plug. I just tell Alexa to turn it on so it saves me having to go upstairs to do it.
The ceiling lights and standard lamp in the living room are linked to Alexa.
 
Robbrent said:
I have leant to my cost they have built in obsolescence, my first Alexa Show has given up the ghost at 6 years old
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It's alright for some things but I have to keep verbally over riding it. It's desire to sign me up to stuff's the main problem. I've just asked it "ALEXA, how do you protect yourself?" twice and it's switched itself off twice. Before that, I'd asked it to explain Asimov's rules or robotics to me.
 
Swifty said:
The Mrs swears our Alexa's are going senile. Nine times out of ten, she doesn't respond to the Mrs's voice anymore so I have to get assertive and 'order' ALEXA to stop. Most times these days, when I want ALEXA to stop doing something, I have to block it's flow up salesman pater by loudly saying "ALEXA STOP!" five times to get it to shut up. It's still a useful alarm clock though although I switch it off until I need it because otherwise it will suddenly start doing something without command so it seems to be listening in or responding or both to any noise I make which I'm not comfortable with.
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Sounds like the microphone is getting clogged with dust or grease or something - it happens with our kitchen Dot.
 
Swifty said:
It's alright for some things but I have to keep verbally over riding it. It's desire to sign me up to stuff's the main problem. I've just asked it "ALEXA, how do you protect yourself?" twice and it's switched itself off twice. Before that, I'd asked it to explain Asimov's rules or robotics to me.
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Alexa: I can't do that, Swifty.
[Glows red]
 
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