Do our phones listen to our conversations? The answer is complicated
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Our mobile devices listen to and collect a significant amount of data on us, even without using our microphones

Our mobile devices listen to and collect a significant amount of data on us, even without using our microphones.

  • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    Echo is another Amazon brand word, and Amazon, of course. Computer is so common of a word that nobody would ever want to change it to that.

    Also, Ziggy was the computer on Quantum Leap.

    • jiji@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Thanks for solving the “Ziggy” one for me! And I agree I feel like “Computer” was for elderly grandmas.

      • Aa!@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        “Computer” is most certainly meant for Star Trek fans. But yeah, it’s a pretty impractical choice