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Google Assistant voice recordings reviewed by humans include private conversations
“A Google spokesperson said that the company has launched an investigation into the contractor mentioned by VRT, on the basis that it violated data security policies. “
This statement can be interpreted in many ways:
But one interpretation feels like Google murdered someone with a knife and then handed the subcontractor the bloody knife and then accusing them of murder.
Another interpretation is that Google is investigating a whistle blower, as violating some term in an agreement to not share what Google provided to them.
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Thousands of Amazon workers are listening in on Echo audio, report says [u]
This part of the BBC article is more telling than any other part of the article.poisednoise said:
Except that Apple do something very similar, as outlined in the article above, and also expanded upon here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47893082macxpress said:I'll stick with HomePod thank you very much! Worth every penny!“Can I stop human reviewers listening to my voice clips?”
even though Google and Amazon claim to anonymize your recordings, they have a feature that you can review your recordings and delete them. If it is anonymous, how do they know it is your recording.
Apple gave the best answer in that they cannot get your recordings because they don’t know whose recordings they have.
Giving my information over the phone vs. my private conversations at home being “sampled at home” are two entirely different things. I don’t even see why that is close to a comparison. Government isn’t suppose to intrude on phone calls without a warrant but we put our trust in companies. I put my trust in a company that isn’t making money on my information or purchasing habits. Follow the money.
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Independent Galaxy Note 7 analysis theorizes that too-tight battery led to inevitable failures
Interesting comment about over time all phones may have failed. Without knowing the issue, Samsung knew there was a growing issue or they would not have recalled considering how costly it is to recall devices.
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Samsung's cylindrical ArtPC Pulse computer apes design of Apple's Mac Pro
You cannot patent cylinders (rounded corners and rectangular body). /s
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The TextBlade keyboard is superb, but you'll have to be patient
I purchased a Textblade in the very beginning when it looked like they were selling a product. It by no means was advertised as a kickstarter. I think this was around March of 2015.colinng said:3. Later in 2015, they went on a ridiculous tirade accusing any people asking questions about delays as being saboteurs working for imaginary competitors, force cancelling their orders and either silencing their account or shutting them down all together -- a practice they still practice today.
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3. I’ve never seen them silencing an account. I’ve been on the forum at least 2 years, maybe 3. If you sound like the $99 is causing you more stress than it should, they will refund you immediately, and give you a week to exercise the option to reinstate your order without losing your place in line. If someone is distressed about the money and doesn’t reinstate their order, then I’d say WayTools did the right thing in refunding them!
They don’t silence posts. Some people on the forums go on such a ridiculous tirade, that any mature adult will recognize that’s just BMW (bitching, moaning, whining). If you were to BMW amongst your friends who were having fun, they’d point it out to you and probably you’d snap out of it. Or you’d flush with embarrassment. I think that happens when someone gets called out on the forums for BMW. As it should. We are adults, and we should be called out on bad behaviour.
There’s nothing that makes the internet a cesspit more than the racist BS posted by “Anonymous Coward” on SlashDot. Done in real life, in public, there’d be stares of disapproval and others crossing to the other side of the street to avoid you and show you that such viewpoints are not acceptable. It doesn’t seem to work on the internet.
4. I’ve never seen a shadow ban, so kindly link to one as proof. I have seen people not staying on topic, and go off on a serious tangent. It’s seriously not fun to read those posts - and just like the racist posts on SlashDot, these posts even get upvotes?!?!? Where is the ban feauture you allude to?
As for refunds, see point #3. I feel most of the refunds are amply justified, though others may disagree.
If you have been there only 2 years, you missed out in the early years. I will never buy anything ever from this company. I was most definitely shadow banned from the Waytools forum; I have an account, but I cannot post. I was demoted to “New User” and was refused the ability to post. Look for New Users and see if they post. I even still had an order in place. After the ban, I waited a patient year, and then I removed my order and got my prompt refund.
While I was never forced to cancel my order, there are plenty of people that were forced to cancel for various reasons.
Do your own research before you buy, but I would recommend only buying when they have really released a product to the general public if you just have to have it.
