Or maybe you don't install a data mining spy device in the office?
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So keep cell phone in lockers, no smart TVs, and no Alexa or similar devices.
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Is it any different than speaking in front of your smartphone?
I don't own an echo or Google whatever but I've definitely mentioned things and then got ads for that thing within the hour/day. Like cat litter when I don't even own a cat, just mentioned it once for cleaning up spills.
More likely there's a bunch of data points it can use. Coming within BT range of someone who does have a cat for example. Otherwise all the major smart phone companies would need to be in collision to keep the secret because the battery drain would be so blatant of it was recording, processing, transfering etc.
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I don't have a smoking gun for Google advertising based on conversation, but I mentioned in an email (Gmail) that someone I know was going to the Calgary Stampede, and Google Ads flogged Stetson cowboy hats and the Stampede for weeks after that. It was so conspicuous because normally it's just, "hot singles in your area", "hot Christian singles in your area?" maybe, "hot Christian moms in your area?" Nowadays it's like, "grannies near you want to fuck." FML.
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If the patient's name is Alexa, you're gonna have a bad time
You're all missing the real kicker here - this sign is only here for the HIPAA auditor. Everyone knows that no one is actually going to mute the thing.
Also muting it probably doesn't stop it listening, it just stops its response.
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It's fascinating how people know that these devices break their privacy, yet they keep using them.
Convenience is one of the most addictive drugs.
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Why do they even have an Amazon echo if they know it's a fucking security risk? If you need a speaker, just get a speaker, not one a spyker (sorry, that was shite)
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Maybe just don’t have any big tech surveillance devices in the hospital/clinic/whatever.
Friendly reminder to pause your bleeple before you buttlebode your over-driver. You do not want (CCF) cloud confederation forces to scuttle your bodes.
But Jeff Benzos is the biggest pharamcist in the world now, so it's fine
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And by muted they mean pull the plug
And by pull the plug I mean smash it with a fucking hammer
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Shit like this is why I got a dumb speaker. It just plays audio, it doesn't have a battery (meaning that unplugged = zero power), it doesn't have wifi, it doesn't have an assistant, it just plays the music I ask it to play via Bluetooth.
~~muted~~ thrown in the trash where it belongs
I hate it when acronyms aren't clearly defined... PHI stands for Protected Health Information.
This is almost certainly in a provider setting, in which all covered employees will have received extensive training detailing what "PHI" stands for.
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We're living in a dystopian future...
IoT and smart device security only means your data is protected from unauthorized access. It's up to the manufacturer, not the user to decide who can get in.
FYI: Mutung the echo/Alexa/Google home/etc doesn't stop it from listening, just from making noise itself.
This is not true. I hate these companies, but don't spread misinformation. This one is easy to verify.
Curious to learn how would you verify it. Wouldn't one has to go as low level as power spikes? Not to sound paranoid but one can't just believe the PR these companies said. Consequently we have to check how the device behaves. It's not because it doesn't send information that it does not process it. One could imagine it logs on specific behavior or keywords and only send information back when "normal" behavior is expected, e.g update check. I'm not trying to imply this is the case, only that verifying doesn't seem "easy" to me.
You can check network activity while it's muted and while it's not muted to see when it's phoning home. And if you're still worried, keep it on mute for an extended period of time and then turn it on again to see whether it transmits the backlog or not. Easy to proof.
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The sources people use here seem to confirm it being a hardware mute that cuts off power to the mic. https://iot.stackexchange.com/questions/2382/is-the-amazon-echo-mic-mute-a-hardware-switch
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