Hey Alexa, Hey Google, Hey Siri!

They do have issues but all technology does. If one is worried about voice activated devices spying on them, they should also be worries about computers, tablets, phones and more that have internet access.

All are watching, listening and reporting.

Smartphones, tablets, etc. all have voice command technology. Your friends have them, theyre in stores. Most have cameras. The streets are literally littered with cameras. You really can't get away from it.

This is why I constantly provide random, funny searches for Google.

Example: monkey in rubber pants + party elephants + kegs of beer

When I get a new device that I don't want to listen to me I disable everything I can find on it. Can't do that with a phone, but I disabled all the apps. When I can no longer type or move I will then accept voice control.

Each morning, a missionary advertises neon sign
He tells the native population that civilization is fine
And three educated savages holler from a bamboo tree
That civilization is a thing for me to see

So bongo, bongo, bongo, I don't wanna leave the Congo, oh no no no no no
Bingo, bangle, bungle, I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go
Don't want no bright lights, false teeth, doorbells, landlords, I make it clear
That no matter how they coax him, I'll stay right here

I looked through a magazine the missionary's wife concealed (Magazine? What happens?)
I see how people who are civilized bung you with automobile (You know you can get hurt that way Dani
At the movies they have got to pay many coconuts to see (What do they see, Darling?)
Uncivilized pictures that the newsreel takes of me

So bongo, bongo, bongo, he don't wanna leave the Congo, oh no no no no no
Bingo, bangle, bungle, he's so happy in the jungle, he refuse to go
Don't want no penthouse, bathtub, streetcars, taxis, noise in my ear
So, no matter how they coax him, I'll stay right here

They hurry like savages to get aboard an iron train
And though it's smokey and it's crowded, they're too civilized to complain
When they've got two weeks vacation, they hurry to vacation ground (What do they do, Darling?)
They swim and they fish, but that's what I do all year round

So bongo, bongo, bongo, I don't wanna leave the Congo, oh no no no no no
Bingo, bangle, bungle, I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go
Don't want no jailhouse, shotgun, fish-hooks, golf clubs, I got my spears
So, no matter how they coax him, I'll stay right here

They have things like the atom bomb, so I think I'll stay where I am
Civilization, I'll stay right here      Danny Thomas and the Andrew Sisters, Civilzation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Big Brother listens to everything and I do mean everything 

This is the thing. If you have even one internet-connected device with a microphone, it simply doesn't matter how many more you have - you've already been allowing "the Them" to listen to you, so why does it matter if they can do it in stereo?

Literally almost everyone in this country has such a device already, including everyone on this forum or you couldn't be here. Every cell phone, tablet, computer, even most TVs these days, all have a mic and an internet connection. I thought it was kinda funny when the dedicated speakers like Alexa started scaring people as if this was new... this ship sailed about 10 years ago.

Not as much information as you browsing information. Facebook and Google are tracking you even if you don't have an account. Do Not Track software? Well they track you via the panopticlick.eff.org/

How about browsing in general. Your ISP sets up a DNS when you hook to the internet. Type in an address and it looks up the IP address and the browser opens the page. Guess what? Your ISP is collecting that data and selling too.

Alexa? Well I admit I use it. Pretty convenient. I ask it to turn on the coffee in the morning, check weather, play music. Wife uses it to add to her grocery list. Do you need it? Nope, but sure is nice to use.

Bottom line. Privacy and security is an illusion. Only way to not have your privacy violated is unplug from the internet and get rid of your cell phone (which is leaking data to these guys a lot more than Alexa)

When I go away to the cabin, it’s no cable, cell phones, etc. I have to say, being disconnected even for a few days does absolute wonders for me. It’s not practical that I will ever live off the grid but a few days at a time has a major impact.

And I find out that as important as I think I am, life goes on just fine without me.

Somehow, most of the snooping, tracking, profiling doesn't bother me much. A bit, yes, but I don't worry about it. At the same time, I give out as little as possible, but doubt that makes a big difference if someone really was out to get me.

Long beard, hat, sun glasses, and smile a lot. Notice how they tell you not to smile at the DMV when they take the pic for your driver’s license? It’s to help the software. But, give technology another five minutes and it will all be a moot point.

We humans have so many signatures to identify us it will be impossible to truly mask yourself soon

Those foolish kids in Hong Kong. Don’t they know safety is more important than freedom?

Hey, I bet the computer doesn’t yet know what to do with the image of a pipe clenched in one’s teeth!

Saturday evening, I had dinner with friends and a neighbor brought his lady friend who is a refugee from China. A woman in her early 50s, a business owner and property owner, educated. She had comments about what is going on in China. The repression is far worse than we know. They are quite advanced with facial recognition and surveillance is way beyond anything we can imagine in this country. She advised us to safeguard our freedoms. Freedoms such as we enjoy are antithetical to centralized authority and will always be under assault.

I saw that too about China..the social scoring that is taking place is right out of a twisted movie.

Dr. Michael Rectenwald on the digital Gulag, and Dr. Robert Epstein are worth familiarizing yourself with what they have to say...it is not conspiratorial by any stretch, all the claims can be backed up.
Most will poo-poo it though, I had that experience this last weekend with family members....sheep.