boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoDo our phones listen to our conversations? The answer is complicated.english.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1184arrow-down1external-linkDo our phones listen to our conversations? The answer is complicated.english.elpais.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
Our mobile devices listen to and collect a significant amount of data on us, even without using our microphones.
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoEcho 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.
minus-squarejiji@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThanks for solving the “Ziggy” one for me! And I agree I feel like “Computer” was for elderly grandmas.
minus-squareAa!@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months ago“Computer” is most certainly meant for Star Trek fans. But yeah, it’s a pretty impractical choice
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.
Thanks for solving the “Ziggy” one for me! And I agree I feel like “Computer” was for elderly grandmas.
“Computer” is most certainly meant for Star Trek fans. But yeah, it’s a pretty impractical choice