Originally Posted by Frazod:
At one point my wife had the Siri thing activated on her phone. It triggered on something in a conversation (not the word "Siri"), and then a bit later it triggered on something on TV (again, not the word "Siri"). I took the phone, deactivated the app and told her to never use it again. That seriously creeped me out.
I tapped out at cell phones. They could track your movements on those before they were even "smart." I wasn't willing to make the privacy/convenience trade off.
Besides, I've read my own posts. Most of the thoughts people decide to share immediately aren't worth sharing...
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Originally Posted by ChiliConCarnage:
I received an email last year and disabled it then. I just looked and the email is from 11/24 and states they'll be turning on Sidewalk "later this year" which only leaves a few weeks so I shut it off immediately. It must have been delayed for some reason. It would have been nice of them to resend the email I suppose.
It's not effective if everyone turns it off so I'm not real surprised they didn't resend.
I never got an email to begin with.
:-)
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Originally Posted by vailpass:
Received a notice from Google for security updates. One was an option to disable Alexa. I don’t remember ever turning that one on. But I shut off access.
Google is rolling out a bunch of new security updates that they announced after Apple released iOS 14.5. There's a lot of pressure in the industry right now regarding privacy.
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