Say goodbye to privacy and hello to Big Brother, soon every home appliance you purchase will spy on us. The list of home appliances that use Amazon’s Alexa, Google Home, Samsung’s ‘SmartThings hub‘ and Amazon’s Fire TV is growing at a disturbing pace.
Private companies are using our refrigerator, dishwasher, oven, toaster, water heater, air conditioner, ceiling fan, washer and dryer, electrical outlets, light bulbs and lamps to spy on us inside our homes.
(LG’s ‘Instaview‘ refrigerators have Alexa installed in them.)
General Electric (GE) and Alexa, think consumers will find it amusing that Amazon will control every appliance in our homes.
GE’s ‘Monogram’ appliances come installed with “Geneva” which means they allow Alexa to control your appliances. Don’t forget GE just unveiled it’s spying hairbrush, which is sure to become a staple in every household.
Ford’s ‘Sync3‘ infotainment system uses Alexa in all their new cars, trucks and crossovers. It’s only a matter of time before every new vehicle comes equipped with Alexa.
Facial recognition TV’s
What they’re really saying is, they can’t wait to spy on households across the country.
Amazon and Google surveillance
According to an article in Gizomdo, the FBI can neither confirm nor deny wiretapping Amazon Echo.
Last year, I warned everyone that ‘Google Home’ was spying on everyone and last month police in Arkansas asked Amazon for all the information ‘Echo’ captured to help solve a murder.
NSA Microsoft to teach kids “good manners” while recording everything
Mattel’s ‘Aristotle‘ (Amazon’s ‘Echo’ for kids) records everything it hears – including questions from children and forwards it to the developers.
What parent wouldn’t want the NSA Microsoft teaching their kids “good manners”?
Four years ago, the UK Guardian revealed that Microsoft was collaborating with the NSA. (click here & here to learn more.)
Mattel uses kids toys to spy on families worldwide
“Mattel is taking advantage of some of the newest and most exciting technologies from Qualcomm Technologies, like deep learning, voice recognition, audio, display camera and connectivity, to bring the benefits of the IoT to the home,” said Raj Talluri, senior vice president, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (Mattel operates in 40 countries and sells products to more than 150 nations.)
What Qualcomm is really saying is, DHS is using Mattel toys to spy on families worldwide!
(A Google search of Qualcomm Technologies and Homeland Security returned over 2.3 million hits.)
Things have gotten so bad, even TV remotes are spying on us.
XFINITY’s new voice activated TV remote listens to everyone and their home security package allows you to open doors, turn on lights and activate your thermostat via your smartphone. If you can use your smartphone to see what’s happening in your home, don’t you think Comcast can too?
Even trash cans are spying on us
Simplehuman has designed a voice activated, Wi-Fi connected trash can. Why make a voice activated trash can, that can spy on everyone? What happened to the Bill of Rights?
This is the world DHS, the NSA and private corporations want. A world where everyone’s home is being spied on and NOTHING is secret.
http://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2017/01/amazon-microsoft-use-appliances-and.html
The fact that these things exist doesn’t mean people have to buy them. No one with a brain would ever knowingly bring bugs into his own home.
We should all spread the word:
* If a device can connect to the Web and it isn’t your phone or computer, then don’t buy it. That means anything with a WiFi, Bluetooth, or other wireless connection.
* If for some reason you MUST have it, then physically disable the wireless connection or take other precautions.
* Do not have sensitive conversations within microphone range of ANY electronic device, even if it isn’t known to have a microphone.
* Cover the damn web camera on your computer when you’re not using it. Even better, never use it at all. Same with the selfie camera on your smartphone. Do you really need those things? Black electrical tape works well.
“Don’t forget GE just unveiled it’s spying hairbrush, which is sure to become a staple in every household.”
I don’t think so. I think most people will see these devices as “creepy”, and not want them in their house. They’re foretelling the coming of these spying devices in “everything” because they want you to acquiesce to their inevitable presence, but if they’re avoided by consumers, they’ll stop making them.
I’m going to check any appliance I buy for spy tools, and I’m leaving it in the store if they’re present. I think that since most people know about this now, they’ll probably do the same thing. This “internet of things” is going to fizzle out soon enough, because no one wants this in their home.
Yeah, I have definitely noticed people on other sites expressing similar sentiments.
Big companies are undoubtedly receiving government incentives to develop and push this crap on consumers, but many consumers don’t want it. Those who do want it need to be informed of the dangers.
Hard to differentiate between the government and the big companies these days. (which I believe defines fascism)
Yet most everyone has one of the biggest spy tools right in their own pocket.. the cell phone
yes people are dumb enough to buy this shit .. and i wont feel one bit sorry for them when the NSA comes calling
hell , i bet our smart phones are listening every hour of every day
Cell phones and laptops are huge security risks for sure. No one should ever have a private conversation within earshot of these.
I don’t know if it’s technically feasible for everyone’s cell phones to be listening all the time, as there may be bandwidth limitations over the cell tower networks. (That’s probably one reason behind the push for 5G networks.) But it’s been known for at least a decade that some individuals have had their cell phones used as bugs.
When it comes to electronics that are capable of network connectivity, it’s prudent to always assume the worst. Paranoia about these things is no longer unreasonable.
Personally, I leave my cell phone at home as much as possible. When I take it on the road and don’t need to receive calls, I turn it off and put it in a (tested) Faraday bag so it can’t send or receive signals.
This Christmas, Amazon raked in the lion’s share of all online sales, blowing away real-world competition by leaps and bounds. And the company’s number one bestseller? The Amazon Echo and Echo Dot.
There’s a reason Bilderberg Group attendee Jeff Bezos’ cute little voice-activated gizmos have been priced so extremely cheaply… to get them into as many houses as possible as quickly as possible. No one has been able to explain to me how these aren’t creepy big brother spy devices to get sheeple no matter how obvious the Orwellian nightmare warning signs are.
I never cease to be amazed that people actually buy those things. I wouldn’t buy one if it came with a free blowjob from a Victoria’s Secret model.
Hahaha right on
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JILL GAVE THE COFEEMAKER HELL WHILE BREWING A POT, VOICING HER HATRED FOR THOSE DIRTY CHURCH COMMUNIST ASS LICKERS………………