One sidelight of the coronavirus pandemic is a warning about Alexa. Lawyers working at home are being advised to keep Amazon’s or Google’s voice assistants far away, or better yet, turned off during any phone conversations about client matters. Although the tech giants assure us that these devices don’t listen until they are awakened by “Okay Google” or other voice trigger, they have yet to explain how the devices respond to the voice stimulus if they are not listening. Voice assistants regularly come to life from mistaking spoken words for the woke word: “Seriously” is heard as “Siri.”
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ICYMI: John Oliver Debuts Facebook Ad
As we all know, Facebook has recently had some well-publicized problems: Russian bots, a precipitous one-day drop in shareholder value, privacy issues et cetera. In response, they’ve launched an advertising campaign to reassure us all that Facebook is a safe and comfortable place.
In case you missed it, HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” premiered Facebook’s latest advertisement.
In case you have any lingering delusions about privacy, read the Boston Globe’s summary of how your every movement is being tracked and sold. We’ve come a long way since Kramerbooks bookstore fought voyeur Kenneth Starr’s subpoena of Monica Lewinsky’s book purchases.
