What do ya'll think of this?

[FireInTheWire]

It seems a little creepy to me...

 

[Sam7sf]

wow. No thanks. Lol.

 

[Moonpie]

Just chop off a toe and freeze it in a pill bottle. LOL.
You great great grandkid can show his buddies.

 

[BRD@66]

no

 

[Southpaw]

The next step in big government data collection, thought not really all that new.
I have heard of at least two recent serial killer/cold case investigations in the past 2 months solved by the police using familial DNA found in databases that people voluntarily send in their DNA to for all sorts of reasons.

 

[Kar98]

How about no? In the same vein I don't understand why anybody would by an Alexa, Siri, Google Home device. Just what I always wanted! Paying to be wiretapped!

 

[pronstar]

Theres no way I’d voluntarily give my DNA to a company like 23 and Me after reading their privacy policy.


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[grasshopperglock]

My DNA was taken by the Army years before the DNA places came out.

The Army didn't have a privacy policy.

 

[pronstar]

How about no? In the same vein I don't understand why anybody would by an Alexa, Siri, Google Home device. Just what I always wanted! Paying to be wiretapped!

Yup.

This actually happened:
An Amazon Echo recorded a family’s conversation, then sent it to a random person in their contacts, report says

A family in Portland, Ore., received a nightmarish phone call two weeks ago.

“Unplug your Alexa devices right now,” a voice on the other line said. “You’re being hacked.”

Apparently, one of Amazon.com’s Alexa-powered Echo devices in their house had silently sent recordings to the caller without the family’s permission, according to KIRO 7, a news station covering Seattle and western Washington state that first reported the story. The person, an employee of the husband, was in the family’s contact list.

“My husband and I would joke and say, ‘I’d bet these devices are listening to what we’re saying,’ ” a woman who identified herself only by her first name, Danielle, told KIRO. She added that the device did not tell her that it would be sending the recorded conversations.

Amazon said in an emailed statement to The Washington Post on Thursday afternoon that the Echo woke up when it heard a word that sounded like “Alexa.” “The subsequent conversation was heard as a ‘send message’ request. At which point, Alexa said out loud ‘To whom?’ At which point, the background conversation was interpreted as a name in the customer's contact list."

The company also said, “As unlikely as this string of events is, we are evaluating options to make this case even less likely.”

(Amazon’s chief executive, Jeffrey P. Bezos, owns The Washington Post.)

This isn’t the first time that Amazon's smart speaker has garnered scrutiny over potential eavesdropping. Last month, researchers discovered a flaw in the Alexa voice assistant, enabling an Echo to continue listening to people without them knowing. The devices are supposed to record audio only after users issue a voice command, known as a “wake word.” Amazon quickly fixed the vulnerability after researchers alerted the company.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-random-person-in-their-contacts-report-says/


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[dsgrey]

Another thing to lug around when you move. Hell, the kids don't even want the Christmas ornaments the wife bought them over the years. You think someone wants to keep multiple generations of these things that probably just have tap water stored in them? The spouse and I have already decided on cremation and scatter our ashes so someone doesn't feel guilty for not visiting our graves and gets twisted up due to the cemetery not keeping the grounds in pristine condition.

 

[vmax]

no

Hell no

 

[EZ-E]

Nope... I have heard several of these DNA companies are selling your DNA to drug companies so they can cater drugs to your DNA.

 

[pronstar]

Nope... I have heard several of these DNA companies are selling your DNA to drug companies so they can cater drugs to your DNA.

...not to mention future marketing considerations.




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[easy rider]

I have put it down that I am to be cremated, but in all actuality, after I'm dead I can give a rat's ass what anyone does with me.

 

[FireInTheWire]

Yup.

This actually happened:
An Amazon Echo recorded a family’s conversation, then sent it to a random person in their contacts, report says

A family in Portland, Ore., received a nightmarish phone call two weeks ago.

“Unplug your Alexa devices right now,” a voice on the other line said. “You’re being hacked.”

Apparently, one of Amazon.com’s Alexa-powered Echo devices in their house had silently sent recordings to the caller without the family’s permission, according to KIRO 7, a news station covering Seattle and western Washington state that first reported the story. The person, an employee of the husband, was in the family’s contact list.

“My husband and I would joke and say, ‘I’d bet these devices are listening to what we’re saying,’ ” a woman who identified herself only by her first name, Danielle, told KIRO. She added that the device did not tell her that it would be sending the recorded conversations.

Amazon said in an emailed statement to The Washington Post on Thursday afternoon that the Echo woke up when it heard a word that sounded like “Alexa.” “The subsequent conversation was heard as a ‘send message’ request. At which point, Alexa said out loud ‘To whom?’ At which point, the background conversation was interpreted as a name in the customer's contact list."

The company also said, “As unlikely as this string of events is, we are evaluating options to make this case even less likely.”

(Amazon’s chief executive, Jeffrey P. Bezos, owns The Washington Post.)

This isn’t the first time that Amazon's smart speaker has garnered scrutiny over potential eavesdropping. Last month, researchers discovered a flaw in the Alexa voice assistant, enabling an Echo to continue listening to people without them knowing. The devices are supposed to record audio only after users issue a voice command, known as a “wake word.” Amazon quickly fixed the vulnerability after researchers alerted the company.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-random-person-in-their-contacts-report-says/


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I'd have a lot of pissed off family members... My wife and usually talk family smack while eating dinner. Then again... it's all truthful stuff. Maybe it would improve moral. Lol

 

[FireInTheWire]

I have put it down that I am to be cremated, but in all actuality, after I'm dead I can give a rat's ass what anyone does with me.

That's how I feel when people start arguing about burial options. Once your gone... your gone.

 

[45tex]

Think about it, those things can't work unless they listen to everything said all the time

 

[deemus]

How about no? In the same vein I don't understand why anybody would by an Alexa, Siri, Google Home device. Just what I always wanted! Paying to be wiretapped!

Saw a funny meme recently.

1968 - "don't say anything bad, they might wiretap my phone ."

2018 - "hey wiretap, give me a recipe for beef stroganoff."

 

[Ole Cowboy]

YES, wish I had the DNA from my father and mother, might give me some insight into what diseases I may face down the road of life...

 

[BRD@66]

YES, wish I had the DNA from my father and mother, might give me some insight into what diseases I may face down the road of life...

Or help medical insurance gurus calculate who not to insure.