"Alexa"

[Mugwump]

[wallace]

Woops... we have a Samsung Smart TV.

But we breathed a sigh of relief when we realized that its not connected to the internet. I don't think it is... I mean it says its not!

[BallAquatics]

Obviously people don't care, or they wouldn't sell so much of this stuff  LOL  Just look at all the folks with a "smart" phone with GPS....  Big Brother knows where you are 24 hours a day. 

https://www.wired.com/2016/12/alexa-and-google-record-your-voice/

Dennis

[LizStreithorst]

Obviously people don't care, or they wouldn't sell so much of this stuff  LOL  Just look at all the folks with a "smart" phone with GPS....  Big Brother knows where you are 24 hours a day. 

https://www.wired.com/2016/12/alexa-and-google-record-your-voice/

Dennis

Big Brother will just have to know.  Without GPS I'd get lost driving around the block.

[waterboy]

Hey if the CIA can hack them, the local computer geek can do it too.  Just takes longer.  Would you ever buy a driverless car knowing that the teenager across the street can hack into it and drive you into that big elm tree if he wants? 

[Mugwump]

Obviously people don't care, or they wouldn't sell so much of this stuff  LOL  Just look at all the folks with a "smart" phone with GPS....  Big Brother knows where you are 24 hours a day. 

https://www.wired.com/2016/12/alexa-and-google-record-your-voice/

Dennis

...turn your GPS off til you need it.....

[LizStreithorst]

I'll see if I can figure out how.

[Mugwump]

I'll see if I can figure out how.

when you turn your phone on....take your finger and slide it down from the top of the screen.....you should see some options....gps, wifi, etc....blip it off..

[BallAquatics]

...turn your GPS off til you need it.....

Yep, then the cellular network provider can determine where the phone is to within a hundred feet or so using ?triangulation? because at any one time, the phone is usually able to communicate with more than one of the aerial arrays provided by the phone network. The cell towers are typically 6 to 12 miles apart (less in cities) and a phone is usually within range of at least three of them. By comparing the signal strength and time lag for the phone?s carrier signal to reach at each tower, the network provider can triangulate the phone?s approximate position.

I really can't understand why folks get in a big dither about this stuff, but continue to run out and buy the "latest & greatest"!!!  LOL

Dennis

[Mugwump]

...turn your GPS off til you need it.....

Yep, then the cellular network provider can determine where the phone is to within a hundred feet or so using ?triangulation? because at any one time, the phone is usually able to communicate with more than one of the aerial arrays provided by the phone network. The cell towers are typically 6 to 12 miles apart (less in cities) and a phone is usually within range of at least three of them. By comparing the signal strength and time lag for the phone?s carrier signal to reach at each tower, the network provider can triangulate the phone?s approximate position.

I really can't understand why folks get in a big dither about this stuff, but continue to run out and buy the "latest & greatest"!!!  LOL

Dennis

yup..they can always find you if they need to...but why make it easy.....