Forum: RetroDigital BBS

Everything you say to an Alexa speaker will be sent to Amazon

From yeti@yeti@tilde.institute to tilde.meta on Sun Mar 30 10:26:51 2025

March 29, 2025 - The GIST - Editors' notes

Everything you say to an Alexa speaker will be sent to Amazon—starting today

by Kathy Reid, The Conversation

<https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-alexa-speaker-amazon-today.html>
--
I do not bite, I just want to play.
--- Synchronet 3.20a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

Who's Online
Recent Visitors
- Dustman
  Thu Oct 15 10:35:31 2026
  from Illinois, United States via SSH
- Deepend
  Wed Oct 14 18:37:04 2026
  from Calgary, Ab via HTTPS
- Dustman
  Wed Oct 14 12:10:29 2026
  from Illinois, United States via SSH
- Vintagegeek
  Wed Oct 14 10:54:17 2026
  from Swarthmore, Pa via Telnet

System Info

Sysop:	deepend
Location:	Calgary, Alberta
Users:	324
Nodes:	10 (0 / 10)
Uptime:	18:38:45
Calls:	2,713
Calls today:	1
Files:	6,585
D/L today:	154 files (41,615K bytes)
Messages:	493,438

Synchronet Oneliners
- Vintagegeek@rdbbs
  Thu Sep 3 06:41:12 2026
  A BLT to go please
- Vintagegeek@rdbbs
  Sat Sep 26 10:03:00 2026
  Bones
- Deepend@rdbbs
  Sun Oct 4 17:18:14 2026
  upgraded BBS to current synchronet version
- User Fx@rdbbs
  Sun Oct 4 21:01:03 2026
  idek. thank you, from hashnix.club peace. ~ufx
- Dustman@rdbbs
  Wed Oct 7 11:32:39 2026
  Howdy all :)
- Vintagegeek@rdbbs
  Wed Oct 14 10:53:35 2026
  The Price is Wrong Now