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I have one of these shitty little Nest devices in my house to control the lights and play music and it is such a gaslighting piece of shit, I hate it.

Me: "OK Google, turn on Living Room Light", "I'm sorry, there are no lights available right now". My wife: "OK Google, turn on Living Room Light", "OK, turning on Living Room Light".

Me: "OK Google, play Spotify", "I'm sorry, there is no Spotify account connected right now". My wife: "OK Google, play Spotify", "OK, playing Spotify".

And it's always spying on me, always listening.

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[-] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 8 months ago

You couldn't pay me to put one of those fuckin things in my home. Like, I'm the kind who leaves their phone in another room when they're not expecting calls or texts, unhooks the usb mic and webcam from both ends when done using them, and avoids all these "home assistants" that are definitely feeding 24/7 raw audio of your house to the NSA; idk how people can be so OPSEC-free as to let these Alexas, Echos, and Google Homes pass through their front door.

[-] proletarian_girlboss@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 8 months ago

I feel similarly. Of all the devices used for mass surveillance, the "home assistants" are definitely one of the most suspicious.

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