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Hey Siri ... friends forever?
andrew 115-Jul-21
Happy with your little digital assistant at home?...you probably need to be...because it has all your data and it is very very difficult to remove it...want to upgrade?...you will need to smash it to pieces...or the next person who buys gets all your stuff too!....why?
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  • APB
    Wife says to husband..."why are you whispering?"....husband says "I don't want Siri to hear me"...well...the wife laughed and his son laughed...so did Siri and Alexa......
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    • malcolm 516503
      ha ha sexy voice makes ya think but
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      • Vivian V 71608
        siri is a annoyance butts in even when you don't ask it anything - a real nuisance
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        • Nikki D 507640
          I hate it it’s so annoying
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          • Amber 22
            Yes it OK but I wish I could brake records good forward do more and sleep better
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            • Leanne B 76015
              Yes for amusement purposes only
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              • Catalina
                What for I’d need a digital assistant?! Never. Ever. A human assistant would come handy though...
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                • APB
                  Whats the pay like?
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                • CatalinaAPB
                  Honest and modest. No money, sorry. Good conversations, good food, lots of good laugh with the good person. Good collaboration, working together. Disappointing?
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                • APB
                  how are things working out between you and Ivan?
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                • CatalinaAPB
                  Better than with a digital assistant :))
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              • Dimitri T 100433
                don't use Siri at home just in the car for destination directions
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                • Frank N
                  Are you Siri-us?
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                  • APB
                    If I was would I then be a star?
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                • meredith j - NZ
                  Love Siri. We have laughs with answers she gives us
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                  • Barbara T
                    I don't have one, don't want one ........... end of story!
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                    • Smiley
                      I don't use them and don't really have an inclination to do so. I'm happy enough doing things for myself. It's a bit hard for siri or anything else to knit for me or put on a CD from my collection... (No, i don't even stream music).
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                      • APB
                        Good for you Kylie
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                    • Cecile F
                      Doesn’t like to use it
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                      • Rose S 88496
                        Don’t have one
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                        • Luke W 72035
                          I accidentally turned on Google Assistant while looking at Google Maps in the car one day. I absolutely loathe the way our privacy is being disregarded so much but I can honestly say the assistant was very helpful that one time. As for the home based assistants, they could help people with disabilities or be good for some elderly people but they're something I would avoid out of principal. At least until companies and governments pull their heads out of their asses and take our wishes to just be left alone and not spied on seriously.
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                          • Morton B
                            Don't have one and don't need it. If i need to do anything I do it myself that way no problems with Data, you would have to hack my brain and I dont recommend going in there
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                            • Larry S 382961
                              don't use Sari even though its on Ipad. Only digital thing I use is maps as paper maps are slowly going out with dinosaurs. With a lot of new areas coming all the time the Tom Tom is helpful
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                              • APB
                                you can get all your maps and street directories (oddly) by buying them on-line....isn't that ironic?...my family teased me at first, but I see that they are all using them at least sometimes!!
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                            • Joanne R 561977
                              I dont have it, not interested
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                              • Maria A 582072
                                no I don't have it cuz I never liked apple
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                                • Sonya F 68771
                                  No dont have it
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                                  • Andrew T 123623
                                    No I don't have one and will never get one. People tp day are just to lazy to do things themselves will out using devices like Siri.
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                                    • Colin L 88398
                                      Silly question really I do not have one and never will because I prefer Privacy. Also smashing the silly thing will not stop it sharing your information you need to destroy the Drive in it and that is harder than it sounds, Take into account On Track Data Recover managed to recover data off a Hard Drive on Colombia when it was destroyed which had smashed into a swamp buried itself several meters below the water line and stayed there for 6 months. They got all of the experimental data it was recording in Space and while I understand it was expensive I also understand it was far cheaper than repeating the experiment as well as On Track using this recovery for Advertising so they probably didn't need to pay anything for the recovery. Now if a Hard Drive admitelly rated for space use can be on a space craft which destroys itself on reentry hurtle to earth unprotected and hit the ground that hard and still be able to recover data just think what you have to do to make the storage unit inside your Digital Assistant unrecoverable. Then there is the matter that all places that supply these things have people listening in to "Improve the service" that is offered by their products. With them in place ther eis no privacy at all.
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                                      • 'smee,SWQ!
                                        I don’t use any digital assistant - I've managed for the last 60 odd years without one and think my "grey matter" is all the better off for it! (I also no not use "spell check" or calculators!)
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                                        • beverly w 540992
                                          never had one and at my age would not want one, i prefer to connect with a human with a brain
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                                          • APB
                                            Yes..I prefer the humans that have a brain too....
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                                        • MARGARET p 388156
                                          Not for me
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                                          • Mariaj
                                            I don’t use Siri even though I have an iPhone… I don’t use any digital assistant
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                                            • Elizabeth J 447888
                                              Not into it. We don't use our brains enough. I really think it is taking technology one step too far. I have to say though that I was part of the voice collection used to put it together. Somebody was asking on the forum a while ago what other areas there might be to earn a few dollars at home. I had forgotten about it, but Appen.com is the largest provider of work from home jobs in the world. It could be worth having a look at.
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                                              • Joe B 288252
                                                Siri is on all Apple devices…pretty much…so your phone, home pod, computer, iPad etc is always listening for the comment “ Hey Siri” buuuut! You really don’t know what else it’s listening for or who it’s reporting to. Do you trust it?….I use it occasionally but not for anything of value. I’m always a bit sus of electronic devices….even my damn car is listening for “Hey BMW” …grrrrr ahh suddupa you face…lol
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                                                • Sandra C 12043
                                                  I prefer human company to a machine any day.
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                                                  • Grommie
                                                    how sad would it be if children only had machines to interact with? what do you reckon, Grommie?
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                                                    • Christina D
                                                      I don't have a digital assistant and I'll never get one
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                                                      • Robin L 79437
                                                        I do not have this
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                                                        • Alex H 487498
                                                          heard of siri what does it do
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                                                          • Stephen F 84899
                                                            I do not have this also
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                                                            • JANN R
                                                              Don,t need this would never have it so its not a worry for me
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                                                              • mary c
                                                                Why do they have to be women is my question..Siri and Alexa- why can't there be a Raymondo and Alexander. For that sole reason i will not use them haha.
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                                                                • Mariaj
                                                                  You can change the voice to male and different accents
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                                                                • mary cMariaj
                                                                  ah that sounds lots more fun :) Maybe the real thing would be even better tehee.
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                                                                • Mariajmary c
                                                                  Yes lol 6 varieties Australian, American, British, Indian, Irish and South African And 2 options of voices, male and female of each on Siri, but not sure about any othe digital assistants
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                                                                • mary cMariaj
                                                                  hhhm can i choose Ewan McGregor's voice?!
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                                                                • Mariajmary c
                                                                  Funny but sadly not Mary haha
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                                                                • mary cMariaj
                                                                  my husband can't speak from a hideous stroke- he has an e-triloquist prog on his ipad that speaks for him..he can choose many types of accents and voices - there's even one that sounds like the Queen!
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                                                                • Mariajmary c
                                                                  I’m so sorry to hear that Mary but I hope you can have some laughs together with the different accents and voices, but probably not the Queen lol :-)
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                                                                • mary cMariaj
                                                                  yes the age of tech a massive help for disabled people :)
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                                                              • The dog house
                                                                My friends have all these gadgets but I prefer my non useable mobile phone which is more off than on and not a smartphone neither.
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                                                                • SueM2
                                                                  I can still quite happily live without a Siri thank you very much!
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                                                                  • Kim N 285099
                                                                    I don't use any digital assistant, Think it will eavesdrop
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                                                                    • Claude H
                                                                      Hacked off
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                                                                      • Edward S 497347
                                                                        Hackers can also very easily use it to access all the devices in your home and steal your details
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                                                                        • Asesh S
                                                                          I use it and I do know it has all my information but I can't help it. Technology is a part of my life now. It is very addictive I must say.
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                                                                          • CHERRY BLOSSOM
                                                                            I ask Siri to tell me some jokes. some are funny and some are not..
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                                                                            • Sheree T
                                                                              I don't use any digital assistant at all.
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                                                                              • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                                                                LIKE!
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                                                                              • JANN R
                                                                                SAME
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                                                                            • kristian s 513441
                                                                              I don't uses digital assistant on none of my technologies that I uses everyday.
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                                                                              • John b 479999
                                                                                Hackers!
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                                                                                • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                                                                  very sad but so true
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                                                                                  • Julie K 348980
                                                                                    Siri and I have a love/hate relationship.
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                                                                                    • malcolm 516503
                                                                                      yeah screw siri
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                                                                                      • APB
                                                                                        I didn't know you could do that?...
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                                                                                    • Disie
                                                                                      You just de-register Alexa and it wipes your data and you can delete your voice and shop activity manually within the app
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                                                                                      • APB
                                                                                        The reason I brought this up was an article in the tech news a week ago...that said that these devices cannot be properly wiped at all....just the messenger!!
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                                                                                      • DisieAPB
                                                                                        Google and others may be like that, I'm not sure
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                                                                                    • Linda C
                                                                                      I cannot understand why it is necessary to have all these gadgets to be honest. Hackers get into everything so nothing is secure no matter how many safeguards you have. It is getting so there are very few face to face conversations happening as everything is done over the phone etc. Sad.
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                                                                                      • Sandra B 546769
                                                                                        I do not need any digital assistant at home. I find happiness by having real friends that are trustworthy and with whom I can share things together.
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                                                                                        • Rhonda D 522615
                                                                                          Scary.
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