Comment on Amazon Is Using Your Conversations With Alexa to Train AI

• EnderMB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Considering I set up one of the content types that relates to wakeword and utterance text analysis for Alexa, I trust it completely.

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  • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    But can I trust you? Are you willing to share the source code?

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    • EnderMB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You’re right to be distrustful, but there’s a fine line between a healthy distrust of a closed ecosystem and blind worry/cynicism.

      Obviously I’m not going to share proprietary source code. Even if I did, it would mean very little without knowing the upstream and downstream services. What I will say is that Amazon is at least honest about what it’s services do, even if it’s in the fine print. Customers are able to delete their data when they choose to, and if they do, there are serious (internal) consequences when stuff like data deletion and DSAR aren’t followed.

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      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Also, it would very little without also inspecting every chip on the board. You could have easily written safe code, but the audio signal could also be intercepted before it gets to that point.

        Alexa doesn’t solve any problems and only exists to make consumption easier. It’s not something I need to trust because it’s not something I or anyone else needs.

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• Xel@mujico.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There’s this study for those interested in knowing more about how often these devices mistakenly record conversations:

  …northeastern.edu/…/smart-speakers-study-pets20/

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