As most of the Lemmy users are security/privacy minded, after a question about alternative voices I’m wondering. Why would you allow a virtual assistance to spy on you constantly? (Especially when you don’t need to due to other limitations)
And as a side note, is there a way to kill Siri completely on IOS (not just go trough all app settings and disable siri there)? (company phone, so alas not jail broken, Android is rooted and GA has been removed, as is the Google app itself)
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Actually, it can be useful in the car to send a message to someone like „I’ll be there a couple of minutes late“ or „shall I bring home something?“ without distracting yourself.
I’m still using Clippy.
I use one so that I can control my lights and music at home. they’re also helpful to automate things like playing music when I turn my car on or put my headphones in.
I don’t I turn them all off. Too many privacy issues. Give me something that runs 100% on device/premises or fuck off.
Why would you allow a virtual assistance to spy on you constantly?
- part of the job
- “nothing of value was lost” environment
- a bet
- there would be no other way (family, local conditions or other factors enforcing such a scenrio)
These are some scenarios that I could think of…
I use Siri very infrequently, and mostly for simple things.
“What time is it?” Is probably the most frequent one. Mostly if I’m walking and don’t have my watch on. It’s nicer to be able to get a quick answer through my headphones than have to take my phone out.
Timers and alarms also. But that’s about it
I only turn it on to identify songs. I would never leave an open microphone running in my house or on my phone.
I have an Amazon echo that is a glorified weather reporter and cooking assistant. It’s pretty useful for setting timers and for calculating conversions for measurements. I also use it as a white noise machine for bed time.
I do get the random interruptions where it some how responds to some random conversation I am having and I promptly cuss it out. It’s probably foolish for my privacy, but I don’t actively plan crimes in front of it, but who knows how it might bite me in the ass in the future.
