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It's the same for other options like Kaldi. If you don't want a long delay processing your command you need a fast computer ideally with a good GPU. There's no good local option that could be done on the hardware inside a $30 Echo Dot. There just isn't.
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This article: Trading Privacy for Convenience is nine years old now but still seems relevant (obviously it's missing the new ways we've chosen to donate our data):
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And why should you care? This 2008 article (also from Bruce Schneier) offers: Quote:
As I noted earlier, for me privacy is not so much about my personal need as it is the social impact. I want a society where privacy is the default, not one where privacy is a constant struggle. |
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If you want something private don’t tell anyone. This has been true far before the internet ever existed. Nothing you’ve pulled from this article nor from this thread are mandated actions. You are free to partake in them as you wish, Facebook has options that allow you to dictate who can and can’t tag you. You can also always remove tags of yourself from your photos or others. Twitter needs to catch up on this feature. I can’t speak to the others mentioned. And lest anyone here thinks local mom and pop shops don’t keep some sort of tabs on what you buy I’ve got a bridge to sell you (I promise I won’t keep track of which bridge you want or anything ![]() |
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As to targeted ads etc, don't care. I use Adblock anyway and so see very few ads in general; ads via email get mostly archived unread, but occasionally I've found useful offers there. Not so much from Amazon or Google, but smaller stores I've bought things from. So I don't really mind. |
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I certainly feel safer by limiting my online purchasing to one well-known online retailer than I would if I had to shop 15 other online retailers just to be able to stick it to big, bad Amazon. *shrug* |
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If you want privacy, go live in a cave in the woods someplace. Otherwise, give it up, you can't win.
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Those so concerned with privacy don’t seem to be concerned about that, only when it’s an Amazon or Google or Apple doing it. |
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Software and online services can be written to offer privacy and security and convenience. Indeed there are some solutions growing out there (Vivaldi browser, ProtonMail and so on), but they struggle to help in an environment where the default is to collect private data. That big business has people so convinced their way is the only way that many people have given up: Quote:
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But my "info" about purchases? Random purchases of socks, shoes, shampoo, makeup, picture hangers, clothes hangers, coffee mugs, phone cases, iPad covers, etc? I don't care who knows. Anymore than I care who knows what I buy at the local produce shop, or grocery store. If I get the occasional targeted ad or coupon, I don't care. The convenience of 21st century shopping outweighs any need I may thing I have of "privacy." Keep my financials secure and private. If I do have items I need to buy "privately" I won't order it on Amazon. |
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![]() ![]() I have had people who have forgotten that I have their repair. Without phone or address I can not contact them. I have even had people give me fake phone number and address. I know this because I have had a few that did not pick up their repairs. Phone number is fake or someone else's. Send a letter and have it returned as nonexistent. Some people are just weird. Apache |
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Again with the notion that us sheeple are being bamboozled by the corporate flim-flam men.
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Again, your security was out the door long before the internet was a thing. Before anyone on this forum was born shop owners had clients information and used it. They may not sell it, but the information was out there. So please, stop acting like Amazon/Apple/Google/Big Company are doing anything new, or anything that hasn't been done and is being done by small business. Also please stop with the "the populace has been pacified", it's no better than "stop wearing your tinfoil hat" which no one who disagrees with you has said of anyone who shares your opinion. |
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