Are Alexa and other devices eavesdropping?

@kewpie said
Why would you tell your wife you're thinking of buying her a microwave? That's a house object, not a gift. If she needed a microwave wouldn't she buy one? Or is she a halfwitted doormat dependent on you for whatever crumbs you toss?

@rajk999 said
What utter femminist BS. Is something wrong with a man buying an appliance that is used mostly by the wife? What about the wife buying a new lawnmower, or a power tool for the husband. I bet that would be ok. You feminists have your head up your butt.

@averagejoe1 said
Have you ever said to your wife, (or should I say partner amongst you Libs?) ‘Darlin, I am thinking about buying you a microwave’ , only to have an ad for microwave pop up on your computer?

@wildgrass said
No there's way too much data for targeted ads based on voice.

You or your darlin' probably already googled something - directions to the hardware store, a YouTube video on how to cook TV dinners over an open flame - that triggered the ad.

@kewpie said
Why would you tell your wife you're thinking of buying her a microwave? That's a house object, not a gift. If she needed a microwave wouldn't she buy one? Or is she a halfwitted doormat dependent on you for whatever crumbs you toss?

@rajk999 said
Unless you totally off the grid and not connected in any way to the internet, yes some of what you do, say, buy, post, email etc is being tracked, analysed and used for marketing and other purposes.

@rajk999 said
What utter femminist BS. Is something wrong with a man buying an appliance that is used mostly by the wife? What about the wife buying a new lawnmower, or a power tool for the husband. I bet that would be ok. You feminists have your head up your butt.

@averagejoe1 said
Have you ever said to your wife, (or should I say partner amongst you Libs?) ‘Darlin, I am thinking about buying you a microwave’ , only to have an ad for microwave pop up on your computer?

To some men, every woman is a feminist.
Do such men embrace the Amish philosophy? If not, why not? Do you only cherrypick the bits of tradition that happen to work in your favour?

@kewpie said
To some men, every woman is a feminist.
Do such men embrace the Amish philosophy? If not, why not? Do you only cherrypick the bits of tradition that happen to work in your favour?

@averagejoe1 said
Note this answer speaks about my personal homelife, marital relationship, etc.
She does not say if there is eavesdropping or not.
This is a huge problem with liberals. You always change facts, change a post query, refabricate it to fit your various narratives.
Or, a word or two in a post triggers something that bothers you, and you take off on that.
So, an inadequate answer from Kewpie.

Ask me a question.

@rajk999 said
What utter femminist BS. Is something wrong with a man buying an appliance that is used mostly by the wife? What about the wife buying a new lawnmower, or a power tool for the husband. I bet that would be ok. You feminists have your head up your butt.

@averagejoe1 said
Have you ever said to your wife, (or should I say partner amongst you Libs?) ‘Darlin, I am thinking about buying you a microwave’ , only to have an ad for microwave pop up on your computer?

Really.

Many webpages collect data from each other (that’s all the cookie warning malarkey you have to agree to on various pages). They also collect IP addresses (so they can determine location, because some content is restricted, etc. ).

Now, if you google Bruce Springsteen, facebook connects your IP with google and Springsteen and then “assists” you in finding Springsteen groups on Facebook.

Alexa and Siri are just the same as google searches: your questions and answers are data-based (machine learning) and linked to an IP; I would presume.

So, it’s not that Alexa is actually evesdropping, because that would mean intent, but ultimately it works out that way.

@metal-brain said
Facebook snoops your browser history and targets you with ads based on that. Could that be it?