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@brettmiller3688
March 27, 2025 at 4:15 pm
OK, what are some steps to push back on it? Who would one contact? And what would be the best way to convey our ire?
@waitz001
March 27, 2025 at 4:22 pm
stop shopping Amazon
@saccorhytus2728
March 27, 2025 at 4:22 pm
Throw it out.
@thekiss2083
March 27, 2025 at 5:03 pm
Yeah don’t buy one, the privacy you’re losing outweighs the convenience
@Dippedinsilver1974
March 27, 2025 at 8:03 pm
I have the same question.
@chaosoverlord3696
March 27, 2025 at 4:17 pm
the NS-regime in germany or the DDR would have been happy about our stupidity today 😢
@quatsch344
March 27, 2025 at 4:18 pm
As a EU citizen I am think this will turn into a juicy fine if they try to introduce it here.
@waitz001
March 27, 2025 at 4:21 pm
if it’s not benefitting the company, they wouldn’t use money and resources to record it.
@ValentinaRybakova-ko3nw
March 27, 2025 at 4:24 pm
This is one of the best videos I’ve seen in a long time!
@emilybattle4790
March 27, 2025 at 4:26 pm
It’s not a case of it. Might be listening in the background. It is listening in the background. I don’t know how many times I’ve been sitting in my house watching TV not talking to it when it says” I don’t understand” or something to that effect. It is always listening
@JRDS214
March 27, 2025 at 4:28 pm
Protect privacy fight against government and company overreach
@Lily-cx1vo
March 27, 2025 at 4:29 pm
Advertising is a weapon. A weapon wielded by corporations to manipulate you into purchasing what they want you to purchase and they do not have your best interest in mind.
Data mining, via social media, browsing history or listening to you via things like Alexa is the whetstone that sharpens that weapon.
@alyssa2796
March 27, 2025 at 4:53 pm
If you have nothing to fear, then you have nothing to hide, is why we have the fifth amendment
@___Me_
March 27, 2025 at 5:14 pm
Who cares? Android phones eavesdrop on you all the time: even denying microphone-access to all apps will get you targeted ads about what you said to a friend 20 minutes ago. It’s a disgrace this is allowed to happen (in the EU) it makes pretty much all privacy laws useless.
@CatsandGrunge
March 27, 2025 at 5:14 pm
Wait so the Amazon knows about my anger issues? I constantly cuss out Alexa bc she never works. SHE DOESNT KNOW MY FAVORITE MUSIC BC SOME OF ITS TOO UNDERGROUD. SHE DOESNT EVEN KNOW THE GITS.
@rosiemackenzie5976
March 27, 2025 at 5:26 pm
Knowledge is power, never forget that.
@deborahfrank2282
March 27, 2025 at 5:53 pm
I unplugged both of mine and stuck them in a closet
@romulusnr
March 28, 2025 at 1:49 am
why did you spend money on them
@citizen3000
March 28, 2025 at 6:38 am
lol
@CedroCron
March 27, 2025 at 6:07 pm
One word… “Smart-Phone”. Already hears everything you say all the time and follows you everywhere it goes. Who knows what the device collects and send back to its manufacturer and you are worried about Alexa? Hahahahaha
@kyuofcosmic
March 27, 2025 at 7:27 pm
Both are a problem. The existence of one issue does not negate the other.
@CedroCron
March 27, 2025 at 9:35 pm
@@kyuofcosmic Never said it wasn’t or that it did, but it makes me laugh at people getting up in arms over Alexa when their Smart Phones are far worse.
@citizen3000
March 28, 2025 at 6:44 am
@@kyuofcosmicyeah but the people hysterically panicking in this comment section and elsewhere aren’t going to do JACK about their smart phone, are they?
@ObsessiveGeek
March 28, 2025 at 11:24 am
@@CedroCronExactly.
Most smartphones have a similar A.I. feature that listens for commands nowadays too.
Even with my settings on a limited capacity, it still keeps a history of how I use my device in order to create the most optimal functionality for what I use it for most.
This is in the agreement all users must consent to before they can use said device.
I get folk worry about their privacy though for the vast majority of us, all this really boils down to is targeted advertising.
Personally I can accept this, anyone who is concerned they’re so easily manipulated, you’ve already been brainwashed by advertising on cinemas/tv/radio – this is just the latest way to sell you products.
@SerenitiKaiser
March 27, 2025 at 6:24 pm
Haha, this stuff got me grinning, too good to scroll past.
@terryl7874
March 27, 2025 at 6:41 pm
If you are worried about privacy just place a sound proof cover over the device. Sleep better at night!
@citizen3000
March 28, 2025 at 6:42 am
They have mute buttons that switch off the mics.
But your idea is a bad idea anyway as these things aren’t useful if they can’t hear you saying the wake word that activates them.
@ObsessiveGeek
March 28, 2025 at 11:35 am
Might as well just do everything manually on your device like you used to if you’re gonna be that paranoid.
@mirror0000
March 27, 2025 at 7:15 pm
I do not own an alexa. I never will.
Why are there so many adult profiles in the comment section of every YouTube video?
@ObsessiveGeek
March 28, 2025 at 11:31 am
Bots
@xw7450
March 27, 2025 at 7:40 pm
I support people’s right to privacy regardless if they use this device, but can someone please explain why people even use it? Unless you have some sort of disability that hinders your ability to do these tasks, it just seems so ridiculous…
@romulusnr
March 28, 2025 at 1:49 am
“why do people use microwaves when they can just use a regular oven” said no one ever
@citizen3000
March 28, 2025 at 6:43 am
“Why do people use convenient technology” said a local idiot
@xw7450
March 28, 2025 at 1:51 pm
@@romulusnr irrelevant metaphor and you didn’t answer my question
@gigigigi1159
March 27, 2025 at 8:08 pm
NOPE.
@jf5578
March 27, 2025 at 8:10 pm
very valuable!!!!
@Chris-gn3bo
March 27, 2025 at 8:40 pm
It’s always listening, how else would it know if you say “hey Alexa”?
@citizen3000
March 28, 2025 at 6:37 am
And? Anyone who bought one knew that when they bought it.
It’s always listening for the wake word, but it doesn’t send record or send anything off the device until it hears that wake word.
@MeMe-u8h
March 27, 2025 at 9:01 pm
We’ve known for years taking to stand on📞☎️📵 phones had been used to steal, so why would you need a computer to turn on lights.
@edvaira6891
March 27, 2025 at 10:06 pm
Don’t buy one of these freaking things! Plain and simple.
@ObsessiveGeek
March 28, 2025 at 11:33 am
If you own a smartphone, you already have something that can listen to you and track your every movement.
@citizen3000
March 28, 2025 at 1:45 pm
FREAKING EPIC BACON
@Tiblious
April 1, 2025 at 4:30 am
@@citizen3000you just went through this short, like trying to scold people. But never provided one bit of value.
like bro lol…
@teri2466
March 27, 2025 at 10:33 pm
The only way to push back is for enough people to dump Alexa & tell Amazon why. But, that will never happen. Nice try, though. 😂
@KAZAM707
March 28, 2025 at 12:16 am
What’s a good alternative product that still offers this privacy? Would be good to offer viewers what they should use instead
@ellianaellrow
March 28, 2025 at 4:16 am
Google has a similar product. I’m not the biggest Google fan, but in regards of data protection – at least in Europe – they offer much more transparency and setting options to protect your privacy and delete your data than Amazon.
@ObsessiveGeek
March 28, 2025 at 11:09 am
@@ellianaellrow😂😂😂😂
Google the well known resource company that understands how to find whatever you are looking for?
Even with every setting off they still have access to everything you do with your device, it’s literally in your agreement.
That’s how they advertise products to you.
@ObsessiveGeek
March 28, 2025 at 11:12 am
Real advice is to downgrade to a basic mobile (not a smartphone) get everything you need at local stores.
Most importantly, stop using the internet.
Good luck
@citizen3000
March 28, 2025 at 4:40 pm
Go and live in a wooden shack in the mountains. You’ll finally be free.
@shacktime
March 28, 2025 at 12:39 am
I shuttered all my Amazon accounts a decade ago. With every passing year I’m increasingly happy that I did. Yeah, I know my phone listens to me. But I have more control over that (or so I think🤔😏).
@shacktime
March 28, 2025 at 12:41 am
And of course this comes at a time when the U.S. has the most authoritarian government it’s had in over a century, which, not coincidentally, has been completely ingratiated with the biggest names in tech.
Orwell would be losing his mind.
@romulusnr
March 28, 2025 at 1:47 am
For the WIDE majority of users, it already was sending commands to Amazon. Especially seeing as the early devices would not have the capability to internally interpret human speech on their own.
The only thing that is changing is that the option VERY FEW users set on newer devices to not send commands to amazon (very much decreasing the abilities of the devices) will not be usable anymore.
I get being wisely cautious, but I don’t get misleading and dishonest paranoia.
@romulusnr
March 28, 2025 at 1:51 am
I don’t understand why you luddites are even on the internet. Don’t you know that Google is reading all your comments?
@cindyms.1237
March 28, 2025 at 6:31 am
I cancelledy Amazon account that I had for at least a decade. So glad I never got one of those Alexa devices.
@citizen3000
March 28, 2025 at 6:45 am
Ok boomer
@ObsessiveGeek
March 28, 2025 at 11:33 am
@@citizen3000is that your response to everything?
@citizen3000
March 28, 2025 at 6:39 am
Oh yeah, at least 3 times a day I activate Alexa and then READ OUT MY CREDIT CARD NUMBER.
This video is alarmist drivel.
@ObsessiveGeek
March 28, 2025 at 11:36 am
Or you can understand that he is using extreme examples like he says so himself.
Chill!
@citizen3000
March 28, 2025 at 1:34 pm
@@ObsessiveGeek Nah, the video is crap.
@Sally4th_
March 28, 2025 at 7:12 am
“Unlikely” isn’t never.
@No-wayJose0
March 28, 2025 at 10:01 am
If your DOCTOR who’s sworn to uphold a legally binding confidentiality clause that would cripple them professionally if they broke it, is also mandated by law to BREAK IT FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES….Alexa will too.
@alexisb.8965
March 28, 2025 at 10:26 am
These corporations just keep getting creepier and creepier.
@constanterratic4252
March 28, 2025 at 11:04 am
Why can’t people present arguments like this all the time? So considerate, balanced, well thought out… very refreshing. ❤
@pokedaddi1379
March 28, 2025 at 12:35 pm
Or you can just stop buying garbage amazon products
@citizen3000
March 28, 2025 at 1:45 pm
how about no
@86figs
March 28, 2025 at 2:29 pm
Yes I murdered that taco. In my mouth! 😂
@SteveR100AU
March 28, 2025 at 10:23 pm
I have an Echo only in the bathroom, and after watching this I am having so much fun whist showering and using the loo asking very silly questions and making “ inappropriate” noises . Amazon are going to say WTF Cancel this guy !!!!
Ahhh the joys of being old and retired.
@mandoschMUh
March 29, 2025 at 1:13 am
So that’s how God will get their information used during Judgement Day 😂
Jokes aside, I agree 100% with what was said.
@pher8902
March 29, 2025 at 2:43 pm
I’m just confused because I thought this was YouTube shorts and not YouTube long
@Chris-c2r2k
March 30, 2025 at 12:56 am
1984
@jinmushui1soul
March 30, 2025 at 6:24 am
They’re definitely trying to mine voices/natural speech for training.
@DanieVargas
March 31, 2025 at 6:19 am
Paranoid much?
@xan42O
March 31, 2025 at 2:38 pm
Or just stop buying this crap. Ppl are idiots.
@MantraHerbInchSin
April 1, 2025 at 7:54 am
Man, these things really matter
@Svefngengill
April 4, 2025 at 8:13 pm
“You said ‘hey alexa’ so we never stopped recording, *everything* you said after hey alexa is fair game.”
@GrigoriRasputin
April 10, 2025 at 10:46 pm
Not worth it? Puh, clearly you’ve never gotten the satisfaction of saying “ALEXA VOLUME DOWN”
@azell2913
April 11, 2025 at 7:27 am
easy to show how much your phones and devices are listening to you just loudly talk about how much you need to buy a new watch or product and wait till all your ads are filled with it
@jacoblape
April 11, 2025 at 3:00 pm
You have a microphone that you take everywhere with you already. Into the bathroom, by the bed, ask it for directions. It has a camera on both sides. There’s a reason why top secret places allow no cell phones. But OK Google
@NewEnglandWitch
April 12, 2025 at 12:52 am
I didn’t. I unplugged all of them and honestly don’t miss it
@DidNotReadInstructions
April 12, 2025 at 2:54 am
Google has been listening and recording for decades now. Partly, that’s what the Snowden thing was about, remember that? So, this is old news. Tik Tok agreement that everyone signed to have that app also has been listening into and recording keystrokes and everything. So, yeah, there’s that.
@moron0000
April 12, 2025 at 7:02 am
I stepped on my alexa and destroyed.
On purpose.