Alexa - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

8RZ · 01-05-2017, 10:12 AM

Anyone have one? Any first-hand reviews? My friend has his hooked up to his lights, TV, and fan and can command them to turn on and off with his voice. The ultimate lazy guy device, I know.

It'd be nice to walk in with a handful of groceries and just say, "Alexa, lights."

As far as I know, she hasn't become self-aware... yet.

bcj · 01-05-2017, 12:39 PM

Puts a live microphone in your house 24/7.

All the voice recognition is processed on remote servers owned by megacorp.
You give them permission to monitor everything you do.

iamjacob · 01-05-2017, 12:51 PM

And there's already cops asking for the recordings.

https://www.cnet.com/news/police-req...investigation/

Sounds fun but I'll pass.

Teseo · 01-05-2017, 12:54 PM

Skynet

Tcoat · 01-05-2017, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by iamjacob

And there's already cops asking for the recordings.

https://www.cnet.com/news/police-req...investigation/

Sounds fun but I'll pass.

Ummm easy to avoid the cops asking. Don't murder anybody. Not like they have people sitting around listening to billions of hours of conversation in the off chance you may said you double parked that day.

DatsunDimer · 01-05-2017, 12:57 PM

Couldn't your phone be a listening device?! If you are paranoid about Alexa, probably shouldn't be leaving the house or taking off that foil hat.

jeffchap · 01-05-2017, 01:00 PM

Got my daughter one for Christmas. I've only played with it briefly, but it seems pretty cool. Its voice recognition is good and it responds very quickly. I asked it when Rogue One was showing, and it gave me all the showtimes at the nearest theater right away.

Tcoat · 01-05-2017, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DatsunDimer

Couldn't your phone be a listening device?! If you are paranoid about Alexa, probably shouldn't be leaving the house or taking off that foil hat.

I don't know. Alexa? Sounds like a Russian spy to me. They may have me bugged to get all my secrets.

EAGLE5 · 01-05-2017, 01:06 PM

My phone is not always listening. I have to be on the home screen for it to do that. Alexa is ALWAYS listening. It goes too far for me.

Takumi788 · 01-05-2017, 01:20 PM

I thought this was pretty funny. It involves a small child asking Alexa for something and Alexa coming up with porn results.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55xcac7ifIQ"]AMAZON ALEXA GOES CRAZY- VOICE RECOGNITION GONE WRONG!- ALEXA DOESNT QUITE UNDERSTAND THIS KID! - YouTube[/ame]

finch1750 · 01-05-2017, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

I don't know. Alexa? Sounds like a Russian spy to me. They may have me bugged to get all my secrets.

You could only be so lucky

Tcoat · 01-05-2017, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jsimon7777

My phone is not always listening. I have to be on the home screen for it to do that. Alexa is ALWAYS listening. It goes too far for me.

Listening to what? I have always been baffled by this paranoia that "the Government/Police/Unknown Somebody" is listening through one device or another. I can't speak for everybody of course but there are no conversations going on in my house that would do any agency any good. When I talk about my big shipment of ...ummmmm...sugar coming from Columbia or how I single handedly plan to overthrow the government of Lower Sobovia I would turn such devices off.

Swift · 01-05-2017, 01:42 PM

I have watched a documentary or two on Nixon and Hoover, the stupid shit they thought people were doing or monitoring a women's wednesday book club. It was hilarious yet also scary.

Some in bureau don't like you, tap into Alexa, and you talk about your big delivery coming tonight(IE: you and the misses)_ and they bust your door down cuz they "thought" you meant drugs. lol.

Could be fun though.

bcj · 01-05-2017, 04:46 PM

Government agencies are small beans.

Corporations (legally people ha) are not responsible to anyone or thing but profit.

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