• RaoulDook@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Have you seen this code though? Every time I hear a statement like that, I have to wonder if you’re all just taking their word for it.

    I don’t take their word for it, unless they show me that code and prove that it is the code running on all the devices in use.

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      11 months ago

      Do you also personally audit all open source software that you use?

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        11 months ago

        Your rebuttal makes no sense.

        The issue with proprietary “smart” assistants is that we can only guess how they work.

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        11 months ago

        No but I do review code audits that certified professionals publish for things that I use when they are available, and I also don’t use any voice assistants and only use open source smartphone ROMs such as GrapheneOS.

        Basically I use the opsec methods available to me to prevent as much of the rampant spying that I can. The last thing I would do is put an open mic to Amazon’s audio harvesting bots in my home because that’s incredibly careless.