Do our phones listen to our conversations? The answer is complicated
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Our mobile devices listen to and collect a significant amount of data on us, even without using our microphones

Our mobile devices listen to and collect a significant amount of data on us, even without using our microphones.

  • @jijiEnglish
    3•11 months ago

    Funnily enough, you can change the Alexa wake word (edit: on certain devices, I can change it on my Show but not my Tap). It can be “Echo”, “Amazon”, “Computer” and for some reason “Ziggy” (someone is a big fan of Bowie or Sunday morning cartoons?)

    I know you can’t change Siri, I’m not sure about Google but I assume that can’t be changed either.

    • P03 LockeEnglish
      3•11 months ago

      Echo is another Amazon brand word, and Amazon, of course. Computer is so common of a word that nobody would ever want to change it to that.

      Also, Ziggy was the computer on Quantum Leap.

      • @jijiEnglish
        1•11 months ago

        Thanks for solving the “Ziggy” one for me! And I agree I feel like “Computer” was for elderly grandmas.

        • Aa!English
          4•11 months ago

          “Computer” is most certainly meant for Star Trek fans. But yeah, it’s a pretty impractical choice

    • @zerosignalEnglish
      2•11 months ago

      Google used to respond to “OK Jarvis” and maybe a couple other things back when it was new. I haven’t tried it in a long time to see if it works anymore though.