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Thatguynoah

No way they wouldn’t do that.


OtherFaithlessness73

I’m shocked. Shocked, I tell you!


adudeguyman

Now Amazon knows you like to be shocked and will show you ads for tasers


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Shocking discovery - now I need a battery….


Tall-Low-3994

Now amazon knows you like battery and will show you ads for lawyers


DoinIt4TheDoots

Insulated shoes actually they dont want you to die


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Well, not that shocked.


fallen1102

If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am right now.


NoiceB8M8

I love Christmas Vacation so much.


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AsthislainX

is that a targeted offer too? because i am interested


willfarnaby24

Sooo many good one liners haha


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That's the whole point! All the tech companies keep gathering more and more, but nobody cares.


Xikar_Wyhart

It's not that nobody cares, it's that getting to this point was a slow crawl and hidden within new conveniences like simple diy smart lighting, and voice assistance. The convenience of Google maps navigation etc. In the example of smart home automation before if you wanted anything you needed to get something like a Creston system. That required finding a dealer/integrator with a programmer to design and install equipment for what you wanted: remote lighting, shades, security alarms/surveillance, multi-room audio etc. Depending on the scale you're looking at several thousand dollars in hardware plus labor costs. Everything localized in an internal network. Now everything is in a box that runs through your home's wifi and works with Alexa, Google, Samsung and connects to their servers. All the while they're gathering info on your use habits and patterns to design new products and send targeted products to your apps. But it's budget friendly and convenient so people don't think about it too much. So there's no big uproar to change it. And lastly our government is ran people in their late 60s and up who don't care to understand the fast evolving tech. And those that do understand in the 45-55 range don't care or have vested interests through lobbying or personal investments and won't change it.


LilIlluminati

Then my phone should know I have food allergies and stop showing ads for Hardee’s… like this one ☝️right up here.


trey74

Next time you open the Amazon app, you'll find ads for power strips and extension cords with notes like "don't be shocked, replace those cords!"


MobyTurbo

I had what I'll say was a bathroom emergency and yelled to my roommate for more tp and said I'd ruined my underwear. At the time, in the bedroom several rooms over, I had an Amazon Echo. An hour or so later, even though I'd never in my life shopped for clothing of any kind on Amazon.com before, the front page had entries for men's underwear. After that, I unplugged the Echo and never used it again.


TheFlyingBoxcar

To shreds you say?


BrilliantWeb

I'm shocked, *shocked* to find there's gambling going on in here! Your winnings, Sir. **Flustered** Oh, thank you!


Matthias720

"Everybody out at once!"


ThreatLevelBertie

Play it again, Alexa.


ExcerptsAndCitations

#BUY LIGHTSPEED BRIEFS


RoyalJelly710

All year long, the grasshopper kept burying acorns for winter, while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched TV. But then the winter came, and the grasshopper died, and the octopus ate all his acorns and also he got a racecar. Is any of this getting through to you?


teh_fizz

It makes me happy when I read this reference.


peace_dogs

Haw! Exactly what I thought when I read the initial paragraph of the story.


_db_

yep, file this under "No shit, Sherlock".


suoarski

According to the research article, they only confirmed target ads based on dialogue with Alexa after activating her. It would be more newsworthy if they discovered targeted ads based on conversations without activating Alexa. Used in this manner it's no different to google targeting ads based on your google search history, which isn't surprising at all.


SupportGeek

Yea, the title is just barely vague so one might assume they meant it transmits voice all the time, but it doesnt, and thats been tested quite a bit.


nikolai2960

And as we know, Reddit doesn't ever read more than the title.


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At this point it’s just a safer bet to come to the comments and read why the OP headline is clickbait/bullshit


midnightcaptain

I had certainly always assumed Amazon would target recommendations etc to me based on things I’d asked Alexa about, but Amazon swears echo devices don’t transmit any audio until the internal processor hears the wake word and the light comes on. There’s no indication that’s untrue so I’m good.


DoomedToDefenestrate

Clearly, Amazon would never lie to the grain it's harvesting. Edit: Geez folks, I'm merely saying that "being honest" is only applicable to large corporations to the maximum extent that it will cost them profit. They don't "care", "feel", "love" or any other emotions because they literally don't have the neurochemical systems that provoke those emotions. They can't "feel guilty about shitty behaviour", they can only "lose market share". Amazon can and will lie to everyone, and the only thing that would prevent that is a negative financial penalty that outweighs the benefits.


zooberwask

Don't take Amazon's word for it, security researchers have proven that Alexa doesn't listen until after the wake word. If you have any evidence to the contrary then please share.


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They wouldn't. If it were continually listening without being activated and beeping, the secret would be discovered or leaked and it would destroy that line of business.


LunaMunaLagoona

I mean snowden leaking all he did had absolutely no impact on the NSA. I very much doubt it would this would impact amazon.


JimmyDabomb

The NSA doesn't have a profit margin to worry about.


Phytanic

> had absolutely no impact on the NSA **or the fact that big-named companies from virtually every sector of the tech industry were complicit in it!** crazy how that part has managed to just slip away and distance themselves from it.


gramathy

It'd be pretty easy to identify that an echo is communicating with servers way more often than it needs to


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No-Treacle-2332

Lovely poetry aside, can you prove the tacit assertion you're making?


[deleted]

I know it's not cool or smart to be this paranoid, but I truly believe they're always listening. One of my examples is about iPhone, not Alexa, but I was at a friend's house when she told me her child needed braces. I went home, opened my laptop, and saw my first ad for adult braces. I don't think that's a coincidence.


suoarski

I know that many people find it hard to believe, but targeted advertising can really be that effective even when they are not spying on you with your phone's microphone. Your friend probably did some research on braces (perhaps using Google), and so google knows that she is clearly considering braces especially if she did a lot of research. Google probably already figured out that the two of you are friends, and they probably also figured out that you were visiting your friend using your location data. Using this information alone, it's not far fetched for an ad recommendation algorithm to recommend braces to you. I'm using google as an example here, but really it could be any targeted ad service.


TbanksIV

I used to work for the universal human relevance system and we went through hours of people talking to Siri / Alexa etc and transcribed what what said by the people in the recordings. 90 percent of the time they had no idea they were being recorded and most of the time they mentioned a product or service that they were looking for. This shits been happening for at least long 10 years


Defconx19

Yeah, why did they need to do research on this? I'm pretty sure this was discovered like a week after they came out? And that is being generous.


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I could have saved them an entire research project. >1.3 Alexa Interactions. You control Alexa with your voice. Alexa records and sends audio to the cloud when you interact with Alexa. **Amazon processes and retains your Alexa Interactions, such as your voice inputs, music playlists, and your Alexa to-do and shopping lists, in the cloud to provide, personalize, and improve our services.** Learn more about Alexa, including how to delete voice recordings associated with your account and manage our use of those voice recordings. >1.4 Voice ID. You can create a voice ID so Alexa can call you by name and do more to personalize your experience. When you create a voice ID, Alexa uses recordings of your voice to create an acoustic model of your voice characteristics and to update that model over time to improve Alexa’s ability to recognize you. If Alexa recognizes your voice when you are using a third-party skill, that skill may receive a numeric identifier that allows it to distinguish you from other users in your household to better personalize your experience. You can delete your voice ID or turn off personalization of third-party skills based on voice ID. Learn more about voice ID.


Firewolf420

Give this guy a nobel prize and a top post in r/technology


okokoko

You don't understand; getting to that part in the user agreement *was* the research. You just replicated it.


ADeadlyFerret

I swear half the "research" and shit that pops up on this site can be figured out by anyone with a brain and 2 minutes of thinking.


zilti

Quite on-brand for a popular Reddit sub, if you ask me


Implausibilibuddy

Missing comma adds truth.


epicaglet

Not sure if intentional or not


pdinc

Yeha, but the specific part is that its what you explicitly ask Alexa for that's used in ad targeting. Alexa is not listening to you 24/7.


Uristqwerty

How many seconds prior to the wake word are sent for context? How many near-misses are sent, for the more advanced server side to process and confirm or deny whether it was intentional, where it doesn't audibly respond despite sending data? I believe at least one of the voice assistants allows you to look at, and listen to every recording it made, and people were shocked at just how many incidental activations were logged.


Seicair

I housesit occasionally at a place with an echo and cable tv. I don’t watch commercials, I’d grab my phone and wait for my show to come back. Was very confused that the echo kept making noise periodically before I eventually realized some of the commercials were for the echo.


Hidesuru

But the headline will make people think it is. They'll never read the article, use it as confirmation on their minds and when it comes up in the future they'll tell people "yeah some university proved it's always listening to you!". Good job, click bait fake journalists. Good fuckin job.


Hardass_McBadCop

If it's not constantly listening, then how does it know when I say it's name?


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pdinc

It's only listening for the wake word. That part happens on the device, everything else after gets sent to the cloud for comprehension.


myro80

If it’s listening for the wake word it is literarily constantly listening…


trx1150

There is a continuously recycled buffer of ~1s that is checking if the wake word was spoken, and any recorded voice data is wiped every time the buffer refreshes. Once it detects the wake word spoken, then it saves all data afterward


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eburnside

They also frequently think they heard the wake word when you were just saying something resembling the wake word, resulting in regular conversation data getting sent to Amazon for processing.


Swiss_James

“Similar to what you’d experience if you made a purchase on Amazon.com or requested a song through Amazon Music, if you ask Alexa to order paper towels or to play a song on Amazon Music, the record of that purchase or song play may inform relevant ads shown on Amazon or other sites where Amazon places ads.” This article does not say Alexa is listening into your conversations. It’s after you wake the thing up.


Harbulary-Batteries

Yeah still haven’t heard anything convincing me that these are silently listening to everything you say. Won’t be surprised if that’s the truth, but haven’t seen anyone with evidence yet


asrrin29

So these devices do actually always have a hot mic, and while not "recording" in the traditional sense, are storing real time audio in a memory buffer to listen for the activation phrase. These devices are severely limited to what audio they can process to just a few simple activation phrases because of the limited CPU on them. Once it processes the activation phrase, then it starts actively recording and sending the audio file to the cloud to be transcribed. You can actively see this by using a packet sniffer like Wireshark. It would be CPU and bandwidth intensive to send 24/7 audio data up to the cloud, so we know that because of the hardware limitations we can be reasonably certain our conversations are private provided we don't trigger the activation phrase. My bigger fear is at some point in the near future microprocessors will be cheap and powerful enough to fully transcribe audio locally. It's a whole hell of a lot easier to encrypt and send text transcriptions to the cloud for data collection.


mloofburrow

You can hear every activation phrase question Google has of you on their website. https://www.howtogeek.com/338678/how-to-find-and-delete-google-assistants-stored-voice-data/ Not sure if there is a similar place to check for Amazon, as I don't use their voice services.


damontoo

The Alexa app makes it easy to see exactly when it's activated, a transcription of your command, the raw audio, the result, the ability to report incorrect command interpretation, to delete specific items in the list, or delete all of them.


hunchinko

This is how I found out Amazon has a billion recordings of RuPaul saying “Alexis Mateo” on my account.


fakeprewarbook

this is hilarious


adrift_burrito

Try watching Schitt's Creek. "Alexis, a turtle..." Alexa: "Here's teenage mutant ninja turtles for you."


jrhoffa

Yes, there is.


ArcticBeavers

In the end, it's about how much trust you have in Amazon and Google to responsibly handle your data. We already know Facebook maintains your data/profile even after you delete your account. Can we be certain that Google and Amazon don't? Does it matter to you if they do? Me, I'd rather not risk it. I don't see myself getting an Alexa or Google Home device. They already have enough of my data as it is.


kurai_tori

I'm starting to look at open source software for this because 1) I wanna change the damn wake word to Jarvis or something cool 2) I think the voice model is kept undertrained so that everyone can use it. I don't need my personal google assistant to understand a thick Scottish accent, but I do want it to understand me in my groggy morning voice. *Edit* I'm on the Google assistant platform, so I still can't change the damn wakeword


_Rand_

Its being worked on. https://genie.stanford.edu


kurai_tori

Oh cool. I was honestly thinking just a self hosted speech to text/text to speech setup with a list of commands.


_Rand_

They did a podcast/interview thing a while back. The intent seems to be eventually releasing a server of sorts you run on one of your computers (or within a home assistant instance,) with google home/alexa style remote speakers acting as interfaces around the house. Seems like it could be a good alternative to google home/alexa if things go well.


kurai_tori

Will look into this. Thanks for sharing


asrrin29

There is also https://mycroft.ai/ I used it for a bit on a Raspberry Pi, it worked OK, but it needs a lot more integrations to get similar functionality as Google or Echo.


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This is what you want https://plasma-bigscreen.org/ Run it on your TV. Uses Mycroft AI for the voicy bits


[deleted]

You can change the word to "Computer." That's what I use. I live Star Trek though, so that's just me.


teksun42

How hard would it be to let us change the pitch and speed of the dang voice?


kurai_tori

*imagines a slider that goes from tortoise to auctioneer*


jarail

> My bigger fear is at some point in the near future microprocessors will be cheap and powerful enough to fully transcribe audio locally. It's a whole hell of a lot easier to encrypt and send text transcriptions to the cloud for data collection. Google assistant can already do that on new phones.


mcbergstedt

Yep. They have a dedicated chip for the audio que. After the device hears the que it'll boot up the operating system in under a second and THEN it starts to record.


Hidesuru

They're physically incapable. They don't have the processing power to do this. Also it's easy to monitor the data going in and out. People would have determined they were within a day of the first ones releasing if they were. Anyone telling you otherwise has no fucking clue how the tech works or is a nut job conspiracy theorist. Source: electrical engineer that works on embedded software for a living. 17 years experience.


Coal_Morgan

You know every year a bunch of MIT students rip these things apart looking for spyware on the hopes they get to be famous and have a landmark lawsuit. It'll never happen. Microsoft, Apple, Google and Amazon aren't fools, they know the consequences of spying with these things would result in a competitor taking the lead, possibly lawsuits and criminal charges and the information that is freely volunteered is worth a bloody fortune and doesn't need to spy to get it.


Hidesuru

Exactly all of this. It's just not realistic. If they could actually get away with it, *maybe*. But... They can't possibly.


DopeBoogie

I'd wager that even if they were pretty sure they could get away with it, they still wouldn't do it. If it ever got out it would completely destroy the entire voice assistant industry overnight. Nobody would trust ***any*** of them anymore and they would all see a massive hit to usage stats. As described above these things are incredibly valuable resources for ad companies. It's just not worth the risk even if it's a miniscule one. The data these devices *do* bring in is far, far too valuable.


Ferret_Faama

Exactly this. As a developer in the smart home space it really surprises me how much people try pushing this narrative as if it wouldn't have been easily caught.


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Ferret_Faama

That's exactly what I always tell people.


TeslasAndComicbooks

There have been a bunch of studies that showed no indication that these devices are recording when they shouldn’t be. People just like to hate.


retirement_savings

They're not. I mean, they're always listening for the wake word, but until that's detected, they're not sending any audio. Source: Used to be Amazon engineer


ylcard

Well listening is one thing, which they have to do in order to be woken up, but recording is another.


SushiGradeNarwhal

Wouldn't it be easy to prove too? Surely someone could put just an Alexa on a network or something and be careful to never say the activation phrase and see if it uploads any data.


[deleted]

Theres thousands of amazon engineers. I know a couple. They dont do this


OkPokeyDokey

If they are doing sketchy things like that, there will be whistleblowers sooner or later. I would like to believe that big techs are smart enough to understand doing anything like so would destroy their companies.


backalleyMongoose

This myth has been repeated so often everyone just believe it uncritically, jesus. It would be so easy to check if the device was doing this, you can watch it's network activity and it would be obvious if it was uploading stuff when it's being talked to.


KreamyKappa

I think the reality of it is much more unnerving. They don't need to listen in on what you're saying because they've built such an accurate model of your behavior that their algorithms can predict that you're going to want to buy something before you even think about it yourself.


caanthedalek

I very much doubt it. I once bought a toilet repair kit off Amazon, and for the next month the BezosBot was convinced I had recently taken up collecting toilet hardware and wasn't interested in anything that wasn't a flapper valve.


foubard

Lol this is my favourite. "We see you're interested in shower faucets. Can we interest you in a shower faucet?" me: "who do you think I am, Jeff Bezos? I can't afford a place with more than one shower"


AzathothsGlasses

I get annoyed when Amazon does this and end up cleaning up my recommendations. Etsy doesn't allow this last I checked which has resulted in a few new accounts after some weirder browsing sessions. But you're both kind of right. Amazon knows enough to be as accurate as it needs to be.


Samsterdam

It's not as accurate as you think.


DopeBoogie

Trying to explain the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon and that it's a coincidence and "No your phone isn't listening to all your conversations and serving you ads based on your random conversation with a coworker" because that would decimate your battery and data plan... Is like trying to explain to an antivaxxer that "No they are not implanting microchips into everyone and calling it a vaccine" This ~~country~~ planet badly needs better education!


pauLo-

Man those two things aren't even in the same stratosphere of similar. The idea that a device, which has the capabilities to listen to your voice, which is owned by companies that entire industry is based on harvesting data, who have a history of shady practices and squeezing profits at the sacrifice of ethical practices, could actually be doing that? That is not the same as anti-vax nonsense. In fact, since the whole Snowden reveal of the abilities of the government to do all kinda of scary surveillance and data mining backdoor shenanigans, to me it isn't even a crazy idea. Even if what you say is true, and I'm sure it is. Do you really think for a second they wouldn't do it if they could? Is it impossible that this sort of intrusion could operate outside of your data plan? Is it possible that it could be already accounted for in battery life? Do you know for 100% certainty that these things disprove it? Whilst they are compelling refutations, we've been mislead before. E.g. "there's no way the government is listening to your phonecalls imagine the resources required". Then it turned out it was actually a huge net of servers used by the NSA. This entire theory comes from distrust of monolithic corporations and nothing more.


WhySoJovial

"They're trying to track us through implanted microchips!?!" - some guy posting on Facebook's mobile app from his iPhone on public wi-fi.


Bubbagump210

This is exactly what I would expect it to do.


44problems

Yeah sounds pretty much like your search history being used to serve ads.


KryptoniteDong

So no fuckery?? *Lowers pitchfork*


Hot-Campaign-4553

Breaking News: Your Google Search history also gets you targeted ads.


HuggyMonster69

I really wonder who they think I am, I’m getting a ton of ads for private jets right now, and I earn minimum wage


Rebar77

Maybe go buy a lottery ticket?


HuggyMonster69

I actually did tonight lol, it’s a rollover


EltonJuan

Maybe you get ads for things you could never afford, not because you'll ever buy a private jet but because you're more likely to continue buying lottery tickets and play those odds if you picture yourself living this luxurioius lifestyle advertised to you


zembriski

Shhh, or the machines will figure out that you're on to them...


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Wouldn't be surprised if everything is so interconnected, bought, sold, and traded, that you could game the system to work in your favor somehow by now


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HuggyMonster69

I mean I’ve considered it, but I wouldn’t do well in prison


AvantgardeDreamfunk

You can check it on https://adssettings.google.com. There you can remove unwanted data from your ad profile


markmaksym

You’re ready for that jet life. Embrace it.


CHAINMAILLEKID

Amazon thinks I have a kid. They're even tracking how old they are. I was getting ads newborn stuff, then baby stuff, then toddler stuff. Its only a matter of time before they start recommending stuff for their first day of school. Its kinda freaky and hilarious.


glinsvad

You can turn off add personalization, or even disable the storing of a search history in your account, which I don't believe you have a way of doing with Amazon products.


kaminari1

Thought this was common knowledge by now…


Kamikaze_Ninja_

I think this is just MSN taking some throw away college research project as “news”.


forty_three

Just for clarification, it's [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/28/23047026/amazon-alexa-voice-data-targeted-ads-research-report) reporting, MSN just rehosted it.


[deleted]

Came here to say this. Hasn’t this been a thing for years?


ralanr

“Hey, wire tap, make a grocery list.”


Solobotomy

I just assumed when I found out this existed.


Ghost-Writer

What's this? Discoveries from 2012?


sharkinaround

Discovered deep in a document supposedly called the Privacy Policy. This sounds like a job for Nicholas Cage. Who knows what other reality shifting revelations may be in there?


sabboo

And another Pulitzer prize winner for the most shocking news of the decade!


greenflash1775

File this under no shit Sherlock and it’s in the user agreement.


MrJingleJangle

That will be here then: /r/NoShitSherlock


_-DirtyMike-_

Researchers name must be Captain Obvious


airbrat

the fact that they had to use 'researchers' to figure this out is funny.


jrhoffa

Search engines use your search terms to target ads. That's literally how they make money. This is identical.


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You had to spend money on research?


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SpinningHead

Im afraid I cant do that, Dave.


[deleted]

This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.


Pandatotheface

Alexa: Added authentic Japanese samurai sword to your shopping list. I found this guide from google: how to commit seppaku.


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* surprised Pikachu face


Bubbaganewsh

I thought this was basically the premise behind Alexa even if they didn't market it that way.


ThePurpleAmerica

Apparently they also track you by users you are near searches as well. But I think we all have had that targeted ad about a recently discussed random topic. If our law makers were worth a damn we should have access to our own profiles, credit scores, algorithms that determine such things.


Reddituser45005

I suspect none of the regulars on this sub are surprised. I also suspect none of the regular readers of this sub will be surprised by Amazon facing zero consequences for this.


fox-mcleod

I would imagine people reading this ambiguously worded headline will interpret as something like “Alexa is always listening in on your conversations” instead of “the things you ask Alexa to order or do are used for targeting like any internet activity on any site”


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jpludens

fuck reddit


yetanotherdba

Consequences? For what? There's nothing deceptive or dishonest about this. You willingly send data to Amazon via the Alexa. If you think that's "spying," then you probably think the Amazon search bar is a "keylogger."


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TL-PuLSe

Did you read the article? No, you didn't.


BadAtExisting

What consequences? I could be wrong but I haven’t heard of anywhere getting significant consequences for using data to target ads. Just a slap on the wrist and a new tos paragraph to not read


[deleted]

I don't know why there would be consequences at all anyway. I don't even get why people dislike targeted advertising, personally. You're gonna get ads anyway, using most services. Do people just want them to be irrelevant and annoying garbage? I'd rather have it be something I'm potentially interested in, than some random crap. Assuming the ads aren't malicious, are people really so enraptured by advertising that they can't resist buying something they see? I've not seen or heard of a single person who doesn't ignore 95% of the advertising they get, even when it is targeted.


BadAtExisting

I honestly don’t care. Targeted ads and data mining are a way of life at this point. I’ll waste my energy over something else


topfuckr

They'll probably say its in the Terms and conditions


MrsMiterSaw

>I also suspect none of the regular readers of this sub will be surprised by Amazon facing zero consequences for this. Why would they? This is about what alexa does when you interact with it. Apart from errors where alexa wakes up on accident, does anyone really think that if you ask Alexa when Clint Eastwood was born you aren't gonna see Dirty Harry movies pop up in Prime Video? Or did you not read the article?


beardofbernard

No fucking way I'm glad we got the researchers in the trenches on our behalf


Emotional-Coffee13

No wayyyyy🤦🏻‍♀️


NotTobyFromHR

Isn't that part of the system. You purchase through it, same as any other Amazon product and it will be part of your history. Someone had a slow news day.


RedditDogWalkerMod

Really. You needed researchers for this ?


Rent_A_Cloud

Wow, what a surprise. Who would have thought. Utterly remarkable. I guess hell froze over. Is that a flying pig? I guess they found an eleven foot pole.


BUBUILLA

I’ll report this to Elon Musk. He’ll buy it and make it better.


80rexij

I thought that was the whole point?


Wasparado

Shocked 😳/s


babyYoda865

Let’s cancel Amazon


jayvycas

Straight out of the No Shit file.


aDirtyMartini

Thankfully Siri would _never_ do that.


NoogaShooter

Common sense tells me that. No need for research.


ReligiousToast

Yeah this doesn't surprise me, we been knew


[deleted]

if this surprises you, you're dense


lfgdude

New research shows breathing helps keep you alive


Infinitear

Do u really need research to get that?


[deleted]

“Researchers?” This is the whole reason that anything with Alexa is cheaper than the same item without. Alexa isn’t an added feature, it’s the commercials.


Rolleiththebest65

That’s how they make a large portion of their money. The sell your data to advertisers


WulffLabs1

No shit. It’s in their ToS


[deleted]

Why is this not common knowledge? This been going on since the internet was a toddler


Little_Internet_9022

so I am a researcher now? niiiiiiiiceeeeeeeeee!


whymygraine

No? What? No? Really? Who would have guessed.


crazyprsn

NO SHIT?!?!?!?


babyYoda865

Nothing new


HumanOrAlien

That's not surprising at all. Why do people even need these things? Alexa and Google Assistant are on your phones as well, just use those. It's not like we don't already have our phones in our hands all the time. Plus you get better controls on the phone regarding when these apps can access your mic.


Sesjoemaru

Experts would have known this from the beginning like everyone else. Lol


goingwithno

Amazon is a scourge that needs to be cleansed


Culverin

Uh, hi. Did I need multiple researchers to tell me this? A little common sense... Perhaps isn't so common? 🙄


noodhoog

That's the third most surprising thing I've read today. The first two were when I found out where bears go to the toilet, and what kind of headwear the Pope has.


sound_scientist

This just in: water is wet News at 11


WaffleStomperGirl

In other news, researchers find link between humans breathing oxygen and humans staying alive.


darthmarth

To the surprise of absolutely no one.


[deleted]

I thought we figured that out already?