Always-Listening Devices and the Erosion of Privacy
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- As voice recognition, AI tools, and computers in general get faster and more powerful, there is an opportunity for individuals to have more control over these tools... Or less. The opportunities for use and misuse are both very tempting, and the consequences will be severe.
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People in the 1960s: "The government is going to wiretap our homes!"
People today: "Hey wiretap, do cats eat pancakes?"
Ad companies: "hey, this guy wants pancake ads for the rest of the month."
I was going to make a wiretap joke, but you beat me to it.
Me: "Hey wiretap, I'm hungry for Chinese food."
Wiretap: "Okay, there are 4 Asian restaurants within your permitted 15-minute city that require 8 C-19 boosters and you have zero boosters. Here is a list of clinics near you."
. Already a thing but done wirelessly.
My cats absolutely love power waffles if you forget ur plate alone for 1 sec there's a cat on them waffles
@@travisweldmaster7815how tf do you live like that. disgusting
Knew a couple expecting a baby. They frequented online retailers and did see some deals start bring offered for baby things, but nothing about cribs or bassinets. Until they visited a big box store to shop for one in person. They lingered in the baby dept, discussing in general terms the pros/cons of a crib, saying only things like "this is nice, the other is bigger" etc.... decided against buying one at that time but came home that very night and ALL their online retailer deals and promos were about cribs, including the one they were considering in the store. That's microphones, behavior, and geo location all working in tandem.
For sure. I get exactly this effect all the time. The predictive modeling is spooky accurate. I have resorted to turning off everything when not directly in use the old fashioned way, and it's time we all just started carrying little HAM radios and practicing our unique code talking. Ditch the damned phones. They are spy satellites in your pocket.
They're capable of scraping your personal thoughts.
Give it a try, just think about something for a day or two and you'll be getting info on that particular thought.
It's a lie. Think about Queen claude of France all you want there will not be a video or an article written about her. @@scdhl4
@@scdhl4just think about obscure historical figures that are not on the internet. You're not going to get any information about them. Lol. As you learn more you will understand that not everything is on the internet
@@scdhl4
No kidding I thought it was just me! Or I was losing it I live alone and don't talk to myself. Once I didn't even take my phone! But it seemed to pick up my voice pattern from others phones. When I get home I get ads of what I had been contemplating. 😮
The most stealthy person is an old geezer wearing a Panama hat, driving an old car, who never got a cell phone, relying on memory, wits, and the grace of god to get through life.
If banks and the government can still keep an account on him through loved ones or his business then what’s the point? You need to live a lonely life to achieve it with success. Our options are reduced down to only one solution and it isn’t pretty
Awareness of one’s at one with it’s source is the key.
Big brother’s watching, we watch him back-Oingo Boingo, Danny Elfman.
They still r**e him on his property taxes.
I'm one of those geezers.. Different kind of hat though. And the establishment is successfully marginalizing me out of my ability to function. It's almost impossible to find 13" tires for my old car now. And they want $400.00 to install 4 new sparkplugs and wires. I like paper.. Establishment hates it. etc. etc..
@carllelendt5452 if you install the spark plugs yourself it will cost you about $20
This is quickly becoming my favorite YT channel. Keep up the good fight for us.
Richard Feynman said “To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven; the same key opens the gates of hell.”
Even though it's a bit out context, that quote has stuck with me for over a decade now as I watch technology evolve.
Now its Beam Me Down Scotty.
Missed opportunity when "muting Alexa" to insert the line from Clear and Present Danger "The machine is still on, Moira"
Solid. Love to see appreciators of good film on this channel.
Genius lol.
I love seeing more and more people talking about the massive issue we have with privacy. It's the hill worth dying on!
I'm scared to upvote this
I agree but its already set in stone within our infrastructure.
China already owns most of our cellular towers.
All of these automated vacuums are loaded with spyware and sends data back to Chinese servers.
Almost all wifi extenders and antennas have spyware hardware built into them.
My own apple phone heard me talking about flash lights the other day and i dont even have these gross privacy apps installed.
Yet a whole new generation of people, could not care less. They value convenience more. Insane really.
You must be talking about boomers. I don’t see anyone older than me taking precautions
People have been dying on this hill for 20 years. The problem is: no one visits the graves…
I finally got to call my friend in North Korea. I asked him how he was doing. He said, "I can't complain."
😂
Buh-Dump-Bump-Splash! 🥁
You funny comrade. You go to labor camp last.
Communist humor is like food. Not everyone gets it.
“If you want a prisoner to not know he’s in prison, give him pleasures and comfort.”
1974, I was in the Navy. My navy buddies and I sit around talking. Total taxation of Americans, considering every tax paid at any level of government, is around 15%. Switzerland, on the other hand, total tax is 35%. We all pound our chest and promise armed revolution if our taxes were as bad as Switzerland's. Then we talk about reports of a future bank money card. All of our money will be applied to a bank card and we will buy with that card, in a cash less society. We pound our chest and swear we'd never comply with something that would allow either the bank or the government to track every purchase we make.
2024, our total tax rate is about 50%. We'd literally be wealthy if the government in the US would get the tax rate back down to what Switzerland had in 1974, back to 35%. And that bank card? Well, my time is too valuable to stand in line behind 2 other people to get to a teller, or to drive to the actual bank. Of course no one is any longer paying me for my time since I'm retired. But still, I need my bank card so I don't have to stand in line.
We have been assimilated.
I pretend to fight back by not having any Alexa enabled devices in my home but that's pretty impossible to not have Alexa "capable" devices in my home, even if I have that feature turned off.
That is the problem, most people take it all for granted as long as they don't have to wait 20 seconds. People cannot really complain if they don't put in the effort. If we had that mentality in WWII, Europe would be speaking German.
I'm confused about your comment that is it "pretty impossible to not have Alexa "capable" devices" in your home. I'm positive I don't have any. Could you share what devices you mean so I can continue to avoid them?
We have been absorbed by the will of Landrum (star trek.)
@@Growmap the only thing I can think of is our phones and smart TV's. Or a surround sound for the TV.
@@dianaroach3093.. and robot vacuums perhaps Bluetooth blenders, toasters etc
“There are no solutions, only trade-offs”. Thomas Sowell. We trade convenience for our privacy.
We don’t trade they abuse and design them so it’s a trade off. We can have all convenience with no lose of privacy but they want a backdoor to us for money and power. These devices can be made without the lose of privacy
Yes they can be made without the privacy abusing features. Unplugged Phone is supposedly made this way. Erik Prince founder of Blackwater is behind it.
I had to fix the outside faucet yesterday and I was prompted with plumber hack videos. I didn’t use my phone whatsoever to fix it. It hears me:)
your walls listen to everything you say.
So I put this on the tv tonight and my wife was like “why are you watching a review of a voice recorder” to which I replied “I have no idea what the video is about, but I know it’s going to be about something important” the TRex Labs channel is one of those that you just always know are going to be gold.
Id just start glancing at my wife over-the-top furtively while scribbling symbols in a notepad every time she speaks and not reply
I would have just made hand signals 🤫 👂 ✋ 👀
@@n.lightnin8298beauti-FULL ❤
damn
@@n.lightnin8298 wow
I know that this channel might not be as popular as the main channel, but many people recognize the importance of the content on this channel. Thank you so much for making this information available to those that what to know it!
I'd use a cassette recorder for taking down information related to the kinds of things you want offline, a paper and pen to flesh it out, and I wish you luck with that. There's no such thing as a free lunch. If you want something, maybe privacy, you have to work for it. That being said, as you look for information, you leave footprints that point you out. Humans have always been way behind in defense and remarkably skilled at offense, look at how we would dial into networks before we had authentication protocols, how we had bullets for much longer than Kevlar, and we had pox filled blankets long before Maxine, with a "v" instead of a "M".
I try to keep everything unplugged and keep my active phones in designated areas of my house. My offline devices and media storage are separated by distance and physical EM signal blocking. If I need to talk about something that I suspect goes against the grain, I make sure the person I'm with doesn't have their phone and we can go to the safe[r] area of my home. I don't have any particular threatening conversations, but still, I like to not stand out if I can
“Incredible discernment” are the two most important words in this video. Discernment is a skill that can and should be developed. Great video, Isaac! Especially loved the Alexa bit. 😉
Thank you again for the thought provoking questions.
Everything that can be used, can be abused. Our job is to monitor and mitigate those abuses. The government thinks that it is their job to prevent that in the name of national security.
It's not always the government but neighbors and landlords that can have a place "rigged" out the a#S with cameras, mics and motion detectors. Also, cell phones and home computers are monitored non-stiop as well as your car.
I don't think they think that anymore
Do you know that UA-cam say that there is only one comment here, but I see two
@@kotenoklelu3471 UA-cam has been acting up for awhile
@@HighSpeedNoDrag It is creepy now. Anyone could stick a tiny video camera anywhere before you even knew they did it. I once found that a upstairs neighbor had drilled a peep hole in the wall that looked into my bedroom. That was creepy enough that I moved. Imagine how bad it is now.
We are getting straight forward AI backdoor that will read everything on our devices over here now.🇸🇪 EU. Several of the political parties over here(🇸🇪) ran their latest campaigns with a No! for the so called "Chat Control" as a promise but after elections nearly all of them turned their coats and snuck through a Yes vote on the chat control law, during the height of summer when ppl had stopped paying attention, all exhausted by the political hullabaloo of the prior weeks.
So I was wondering what PC's will be called going forward with the Private aspect being openly gone with the wind. All ostensibly to combat the ravening hordes of Pedophiles running amok because obviously such persons wont just adapt. Also there will obviously be no chance at all for this to be abused or have dire affects for the future of the world. Freedom takes another, possibly lethal, blow.
Who would have ever thought a holster manufacturer can bring common sense, thoughtful analysis and wisdom back to the dark world of UA-cam?!?
Amazing channel and materials.
Hope you add TLR2 to the line next!!! 🙏
Best thing about this is the temu ad that UA-cam ran during this program
I don't think it's tolerated because we feel like there are safeguards. I think we are just overwhelmed by how ubiquitous these practices are and unless you want to completely unplug from society you need to pick and choose your battles. The convenience of these products is endlessly popular, and most people value convenience more than they fear the creeping influence of corporate and state interests, which allows these products and practices to quickly proliferate.
You’re pretty darn smart
Just wait until AI gets ramped up. Nothing is safe.
It's all convenient until you inevitably wake up one morning and find you yourself are an inconvenience to the state. People think it can't happen here, but the past couple of years should have woken anyone with two brain cells up to the potential for all this to go completely sideways.
- microphone muted
- thank you
- you're welcome 😂😂😂
Kinda proves the point it's still listening.
If you want privacy -- switch breaking the circuit is the way to go
privacy = turn off the internet modem
@@BudgiePanic depends on your threat model and privacy in what exactly do you want.
If one cares only about audio/video -- electrically disconnecting mic and cam would be enough, IMO
@@adrianalexandrov7730 Or just put it in your pocket. Neither the camera, nor the microphone can record much in there.
@@Tequilla449 I don't have cargo pants with pockets big enough for google home or amazon alexa and alikes ))))
I’m sorry but this channel is so much better than the OG. Just an opinion but I love this channel.
I agree! I always click on a blue-framed thumbnail, not so much the green or yellow ones.
What are you sorry about?
I love Isaac's sense of humor.
I love movie reviews and products review mashups. We need more for the glorious algorithm.
Alexa saying 🎙️ mute is laughable. These devices listen to everything but responds to specific commands.
As I hit the like button and make this comment I am being classified and categorized accordingly. One of the most distasteful comments I know is, "If you're not doing anything wrong you don't have anything to worry about". Now it's all about who decides right from wrong. But then, I'm the one responsible for viewing the video, hitting the like button and making the comment.
We need a T-Rex labs, reviews movies channel
What if I told you this entire channel only exists to review classic movies. Education is just a byproduct.
Did you watch the WaGames review?
The war games video was amazing. Also him talking about Indiana Jones in one of the holster videos was amazing as well.
Don't get him started talking about Indiana Jones. He loves both of those movies.
I could tell, you would have to to take all those hi-res photos and recreate the wall
You just activated my phone when you said hey google
Crocs:
Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.
And remember, two Crocs don't make a right.....
@@nate_d376 man trying to play God, never works out good. Turns out, more evil is done.
Even those noise cancelling ear buds are listening to every word you say.
Any biometric device that needs an app. Ie. Heart rate rhythm monitor...
Hearing aids
The movie is good, but the book is a hundred times better. Truly a fantastic novel.
Most of Clancy's novels are fantastic , his level of detail is very impressive.
Off is never truly off.....
Unless you remove power sources
@haxboi5492 Which you can NOT do with Most modern phones.
@yeehawanarchist Close to no signals I'd hope, but those stupid non-removable batteries will still drain...because, lazy water tightness.
@@xxxlonewolf49 They still manufacture flip phones with removable batteries.
@@Growmap Where
This is actually very smart. The way you are going about what you are doing... love it!
Trust NOTHING with Google!
Best channel on youtube because you don't dumb it down too much. Keep it intellectual!
Been seriously considering the"Unplugged" UP phone for about a year now. Maybe, it's a step in the right direction, especially since Apple made their new Ai announcements last week.
We are using AI transcription services in an Emergency Room and it will take our natural conversation and rearrange it into a note. The tech is replacing scribes and helps off load cognitive energy while allowing increased focused on the medicine instead of the notes.
that is a fantastic use! Modern voice computing tech is fascinatingly powerful, and has tremendous upsides. I'm not saying that we should avoid powerful tools, anymore than we should avoid powerful weapons. We need to figure out how to focus on, and avoid, misuse.
Soon it won’t need you at all
@@chuckfinley3152 nah, we’ll become proceduralist, suturing, abscess drainage ect. But I agree, similar revolution with robots in manufacturing only worse.
ai will diminish your skills and farm you out of existence
This is one of the most exciting uses of AI. Human nurses & doctors spend 95% of their time typing on the computer these days, along with often being stressed and tired. AI never gets stressed nor tired. Privacy concerns here however.
Keep it simple. If it’s not absolutely necessary don’t use it. Paper notepads and pencils don’t send your data to nefarious corporations.
I’m pretty fatalistic in regards to technology. Luckily there is a huge gap between archaic hardware that is running fine, reliable, and too expensive to replace and the latest chipsets that can support AI, are vulnerable to environmental conditions, and are interconnected to the point of exploiting human security lapses in air gapped systems. It’s just a matter of time before the old systems get replaced and we lose autonomy over basic human needs.
There is still a small market for corporate secrets. But it's depressingly expensive.
Talk about surveillance, I randomly bought Clear and Present Danger on bluray at a thrift store yesterday and watched it last night. Now this video pops up on my UA-cam feed. I always feel like someone is watching and listening to me.
Now, I'll have to go back and watch the movie again...LOL.
So what your saying the movie is what we are doing now in the military and private military? Not that their a big difference. Your only as protect as you make your self . I have an iPhone, but anytime I want to talk about something with my family. It goes in a black bag at or a dark bag and just put in another room.
For many, the oath is just a hurdle to a paycheck and pension.
Now I want to watch those movies again
and reread the books, crap one Trex labs video and now I need to reread, Clear and Present Danger, The Hunt for Red October, and just because its fantastic, Red Storm Rising.
This is the kind of content I could literally watch all day long!
Great channel. Love the content helping bring awareness to some 'complex' issues that more people should pay attention to.
It's the iFly device--for the simple reason that it is easier to secure. With the Android phone and offline keyboard, there are still many vectors to your information being compromised. Additionally, you are exposed to any future changes in TOS or privacy policy that would invalidate previously true assumptions about that complicated system works and the data it shares. Even assuming malicious intentions behind the iFly device, you can operate it offline, choose to extract only data via a SD card, or only connect it to a hardened or air-gapped system.
Chinese hackers can hack air-gapped systems in the corporate world. It's mostly human engineering but still.
If Apple’s microphone is muted, how can it wake up with a voice command. 🤔
You're almost awake 💤💤
Our Iron Clad agreements...that change on the fly, like Adobe Acrobat
So I've been reading thru the comments section, and honestly, at least in this case, I would go with the Chinese tech. Here's my reasoning. The data they get is probably not going to be very useful, at least not in the grand scheme of things. But the data that our own phones, apps, Google etc collects, more and more poses a threat not just to my privacy, but to my physical and monetary safety. We're living in a world where it says in your hiring agreement that anything with work apps on it can be considered company property and could be subject to searches at any time. That goes for your clocking in/out system, ADP etc.
Here's the thing, it doesn’t matter if you don’t think anything your googling or posting is suspicious, if it doesn’t agree with what they want, your livelihood is at risk. So many companies won't give your resume a second glance if you dont have any kind of social media presence, and at least for some jobs, they won't even accept your application unless you agree to record your responses to their questions, literally voice record yourself.
So yes, even though our government has raised us to believe 'China and Russia bad', we're all being controlled by our governments. Its just a matter of branding. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. Apparently I really needed to get that out.
Tightly woven bundles of black and white thread. Which can be unwoven with incredible discernment.
I was looking for something to describe the situation our country is in and that definitely covers it.
Schrödinger's Technology: It is simultaneously Good and Evil until it's used.
While wearing a smartwatch and carrying a phone, carrying on conversations with Alexa and Siri
I think people should treat phones, tablets, computers, internet connected devices like firearms -- as if they're loaded, and there's no way for you to know if it's loaded. People tell me "the phone's off". And I repeat back to them -- always treat these as if they're loaded.
You can't unthread it, everything is compromised down to the hardware level. It has a backdoor. You'd need to develop your own silicon to be truly secure.
At best you can be quiet nowadays. Not silent, but quiet and prudent with your data.
thats crazy that you can describe something that is overly complicated to a normal person, but u can simplify just using you shirt
It's a great shirt.
Not gray at all. Your only option for WHITE, is to air gap, old school pen and paper...
As I was watching this, my phone closed out this video and a prompt popped up asking me to allow Google "Assistant" to use my voice clips to launch commands via vocal recognition.
It's listening, AND listening to what I'm listening to.
The future is here, and I hate it.
When you go blind, these always listening devices come in handy.
Unfortunately, the programming behind them is pretty shoddy... and like Alexa, in most cases, development has ceased on them and been abandoned years ago when the company realized, they weren't generating any revenue for them.
_The Road Not Taken_ by Robert Frost:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Don't use either. The only winning move is not to play.
Sounds familiar...
This was an amazing video. A tight message, and well-said. Artful. And I got everything I was hoping for and more.
Amen! Black & white, evil & good. There is no middle ground.
Ackshually, in the real world, power is a product of conflict-theory, and in conflict-theory whoever is willing to maximize their power via violating things like morality/honesty/ethics will almost always win except for bad luck. It's not moral to be a silly boy-scout who plays by the rules and loses to the rule-breaking adversary, when there's no referee to stop the rule-breaking. Just how 'moral' is it to turn over the world to the darker competitor as you die in the process?? *Mature* morality recognizes the dictates of conflict-theory and embraces amorality howevermuch is necessary to defeat the adversary who has a lesser morality. Then you use the dominance that the victory gives you to impose a greater morality onto the world. Anything else is just the naivetee of a loser. In order to be that kind of loser you'd need to have a faith in something divine that's somehow going to make things right, despite real-world losses. And in the real world even the most devout Christian needs to admit that there's zero ACTUAL EVIDENCE that such a divine power exists, let alone that we can rely on that divine power to intervene to make things right. If you want to be tortured and murdered by the NWO like Christ, go ahead, but don't try to drag the rest of us down with you. We want to fight the fight by whatever means are necessary for the more moral team to win in the real world. We can't afford to have the morality of children. That's exactly what the creepy power elite of the world want, as they take over, because we are that gullible. (They aren't Christians, by the way. They're another group that we're not allowed to talk about. Christ did, and got killed for it. They got Christ killed, and now here we are with them ruling the world from behind the scenes, preying upon the child-like 'morality' of western Europeans. They realize there IS a 'middle ground', which is why they win and we continue to lose, like sheep to the slaughter.)
I legitimately hide my phone when I'm about to say something I absolutely don't want to be surveyed. 100% for real. I'll say, "hang on" to whoever I'm talking to, and then put my phone underneath something or put it behind a closed door.
You have to make sure their phone is out of ear shot too.
Offline device and/or device you can ensure that it’s offline. (Remove chips, damage antenna, faraday bag, etc)
as the episode closes out, a temu ad plays
I think this channel and Issac are quickly becoming my favorite and that is coming from an OG T-Rex enjoyer….no offense Lucas 😂
"be a jonesy, not a tony" should be a t-shirt.
Always-Listening Devices and the Erosion of Privacy
The US Constitution is not worth the paper its written on if we don't enforce the law.
Constitution of the United States
Fourth Amendment
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
US Constitutional law supersedes contrary Congressional acts under Article VI paragraph 2. Contrary Congressional acts such as FISA and the Patriot Act that stand in violation of the 4th Amendment if they do not exclude US citizens from unwarranted surveillance.
Constitution of the United States
Article VI
Paragraph 2
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
Unfortunately it isn’t up to us. It is up to or elected officials and judges but I see little evidence any of them care.
@@williamhicks2763
"...the ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone..."
- James Madison, Federalist No. 46, January 29, 1788
We have the power to stop it through our elected officials and judges. That is a cop out to say it is not up to us.
@@rbm6184 I hope you’re right.
@@williamhicks2763 The law can't work when criminals run government breaking the law and crime becomes law. It has to be enforced.
The law has no built in remedy, no teeth.
That is why it is up to us to be the teeth.
Don't worry, everyone gets a fair trial before execution.
As to the question of which device is better for you to use -- which device is tied to the monopoly of power that can come in the middle of the night to drag you away? The answer depends on which country you're in.
If it's connected to the network or its operating within distance of a device that is (difficult to not be the case these days), there's drastically reduced privacy. So much so as to essentially assume there is no privacy.
If it isn't connected to the network, it can indirectly become connected by, again, operating within distance of a device that is.
If it isn't connected to a/the network and isn't being used within operational distance of a device that is connected, the singular device itself is probably inert beyond its functions.
The issue then becomes the things that are connected to the network: you, the user.
If the device allows for changes in ways of thinking, that thinking follows patterns. Those patterns become increasingly predictable with increasing resolutions of refined accuracy the more they're used.
The network can then influence behaviors that curb alter or negate the benefits the disconnected devices provide.
To quote RAtM's lyrics: 'we don't need the key, we'll break in'
A direct approach becomes reduced so indirect approaches are used. To not use is to reduce competitiveness, subsequently to lose ground, and to find ways in otherwise..
..if the purpose & function is.. ..to find a way in.
Privacy is dead.. or so far along in its dying as to be functionally dead.
The issue then doesn't become whether or not it exists (or, as is increasingly the case, doesn't), but to whom has access to where privacy is assumed, how those assumptions are abused or/and violated.. or just incorrect.. and whats being done with it once breached and by whom it's being done.
The founder of Buc-ees son has recently been charged ..again.. for violating his house guests' privacy ..again.. by having hidden cameras & mics installed in bathrooms & bedrooms of his personal residence.
Subsequently observations made during those being used. Another movie that could be quoted here is '90's movie 'Sliver'
Even there, a cellphone used in a private bathroom or bedroom utilizing apps while connected to a network also breeches that.. especially where they are used to gather information for marketing purposes .. as given permission to via agreed upon terms.
All of this says nothing about law enforcement installing & utilizing warranted surveillance means for their investigations.
Keeping a phone in the kitchen and watch charging as well reduces what's in the bedrooms and bathrooms but where bedrooms and bathrooms have smart tv's and web connected toothbrushes with sensor laden toilets monitoring excrement to connect with health apps largely takes it there again.
Reminds me of that scene in John Lithgow's '80's movie The Manhattan Project where one of the investigators was noting behavior change potentials due to the number of cavities his dental records showed he'd had in the past year.. and what books he'd been seen looking at at the library let alone checking out. ..all in those characters' attempts to reign in potentially dangerous activities.
Catch-22 but by & large, the capabilities available to investigators is only going to increase as competitive necessity necessitates advancements in desired human serving technologies.
If kurzweil is correct that 98%+ of human thought is pattern recognition and we're increasingly developing advancing tools capable of refining the refinements in those patterns, then even without very much input directly, more & more will be a foregone conclusion.
The game they played on me was ... 2 years later and I still haven't gotten over it.
Every device listens, what you have to worry about is one that is actively taking the info and storing it, there was a case awhile back where some guy I think killed his wife and they were able to go onto amazons data servers and grabbed the audio files of the event happening in real time.
To my mind, buying from China or South Korea are each depriving the home economy in similar amounts. Since the domestic market doesn't have a solution for the job, I'd say buy the Chinese device. The Korean device is certainly doing things with your data that you wish it wouldn't, while the Chinese doesn't seem to be.
Excellent video… surprised a firearms channel didnt bash China but instead..the open mind review was well recieved. This is when firearms enthusiasts meets high intelligence. Thank you!
Assuming somebody’s cracked one open and checked that the voice recorder actually doesn’t have any antennas on board I’d take that every day over a google product
Personally, to quote a UA-cam creator that I really enjoy watching, "well, it depends". I think it depends on the person, the situation, and what your threat matrix looks like. For example, if I'm out for a run and I'm also going over ideas for a homework paper, then I wouldn't mind using the Google phone, but if I'm taking notes about current events to start planning my groups next movements, then I'm going to want to use the voice recorder.
Thanks iFly for this video that doesn't do anything but to talk about iFly (...quitting).
Use the Chinese one. If it doesn't have a transmitter/receiver for signals, then it's more secure, and that's what matters.
It's interesting I did notice a trend with mostly gen x friends and youtubers that they have more of a tech paranoia, and chatgpt gave a pretty reasonable explanation to do with the times they grew up in. Something about the cold war, Watergate etc and distrust of authority because of what was going on. I'm lucky to have an analog childhood but digital adolescence enough to be comfortable with it, I have faith in programmers in general and the value of personal freedoms are sufficient enough in western culture that covert infringement is too hard to keep covered up on on mass scale.
Meh. People are cowards. Programmers are people
Easy Rhino Probability zero impact with high order detonation....have a good day. Best line ever.
Oh course Lucas videos are awesome but I’m a huge fan of Isaac’s videos. Extremely informative and interesting like a professor. Just the way he explains things, he tapes right into my A.D.D. and I feel learned. Amazing job like always Isaac 🇺🇸💪🏻🙏🏼
A Clear and Present Danger revisited 😢 you give your word it’s all you have guard it wisely my father told me this . WW2 third DIV Marine survivor of the entire Pacific Campaign. I’ll never stand in those boots .
9:53 Has always been an itch... A software off button is the same as checking "do not track"
Its like the "opt out" and "do not track" check boxes in software. I strongly believe (software) mic off buttons and "opt out" checkboxes do is Big Corp just says "ok, we just won't show you what we're tracking".
If you start logging your network connections, and run OS's that give you more control (like a custom Android rom), it is surreal the level of surveillance....
How do you get a population to self report everything they do from who they interact with, who they are near, what they know? Make them want to carry the device with them and make them feel like they need the device to carry out their lives!
It’s always funny when people ask how I feel about the privacy issue with my “smart” home devices. At least they don’t follow me into the bathroom.
The city records every time you flush.
they are literally in your walls
@@williamhicks2763i just flushed "MIGA" via toilet morse code. nice knowing u guys
10:50 That's in the Terms of Service of every American company as well, by secret executive order.
Game Theory. The game is neutral. The players aren't
I prefer an airgap but all the good stuff isn't air gapped
Having not seen your channel before in my feed , but also seeking such devices as you described i clicked on this video .
Whether i am naturally cynical or just have had enough real life experience with human nature that have led to the trust issues i have is up for debate .
I don't consider it as much an issue as it is just common sense to equally trust no one . Including myself half the time . Having had to deal with the consequences of the bad decisions i have made .
Thank you for the heads up on the offline device ( as it is getting more difficult to find those tiny cassette tapes these days . )
I am now subscribed and will recieve all notifications as will i am sure , those that have no life of their own . And so , find it necessary to invade mine .
Have a good day sir . Keep the chrome side down ..
We've been under surveillance for decades. It came out that our phone calls were routed through a computer that picked up on keywords, this was in the 90's or late 80's.
Great video but you’re preaching to the choir. WE, know this already
Good video. Personally I don't use voice recognition if I don't have to, but I would use it too if I had a specific application for it, like writing an article, book etc using offline devices. I'd never ever buy smartspy devices such as A*exa
Typing is faster than speaking I believe.
maybe we need dedicated offline devices, instead of using smartphones for everything
Here's a pro tip: all of these devices run on electricity. Without electricity there is no possibility of eavesdropping. Not using it is an even more effective and cost-effective option.
Enemy of the State was a scary movie.
The process of listening to one's thoughts has already been put into practice. I realize this sounds nutty and nothing will be done about it as people just say "nutjob" or w/e.
I stood guard on that gate.
I switched to a Wisephone...huge difference.
Yooo he caught me off guard with that shirt line
Shout out to T Rex for mentioning one of the best movies no one ever knows about, Clear and Present Danger.
For offline voice transcription OpenAI's Whisper model works well (and the fork for making it faster and less memory intensive).