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    Is the Echo trustworthy?

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @guyinpv
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      @guyinpv said in Is the Echo trustworthy?:

      I'm sure there is some open source Alexa-like project out there somewhere. Voice controlled AI we can run on our own in-home servers and train ourselves, all data kept safe under our pillows. And if there is not such a thing, there should be.

      There is. It has a silly name that I can't remember. Problem is, though, that the part we fear the most isn't the part covered by source licensing. That helps some, but not much.

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      • NerdyDadN
        NerdyDad
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        Mycroft.ai

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @NerdyDad
          last edited by

          @nerdydad said in Is the Echo trustworthy?:

          Mycroft.ai

          That's the one.

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          • NerdyDadN
            NerdyDad @scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            @scottalanmiller said in Is the Echo trustworthy?:

            @nerdydad said in Is the Echo trustworthy?:

            Mycroft.ai

            That's the one.

            The hardware and software is all open-source, but they don't specify about the backend servers that MyCroft reports back to. Unless Scott has read something that I haven't.

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            • guyinpvG
              guyinpv
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              Well I went ahead and bought two Echo Dots. They are much smaller than they seem in the pictures, tiny little boxes.

              If I do anything interesting with them, I'll share the skills I create!

              I actually had one today, to see if Alexa will find a song if I sing it to her, lol

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              • BRRABillB
                BRRABill
                last edited by

                I ended up buying:

                Echo Plus
                Echo
                Dot (2)

                Enjoying them so far.

                @Dashrender has me concerned about ZigBee, though.

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender @BRRABill
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                  @brrabill said in Is the Echo trustworthy?:

                  I ended up buying:

                  Echo Plus
                  Echo
                  Dot (2)

                  Enjoying them so far.

                  @Dashrender has me concerned about ZigBee, though.

                  Why are you concerned? are you using it? If not, nothing to be concerned with.

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                  • BRRABillB
                    BRRABill @Dashrender
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                    @dashrender said in Is the Echo trustworthy?:

                    @brrabill said in Is the Echo trustworthy?:

                    I ended up buying:

                    Echo Plus
                    Echo
                    Dot (2)

                    Enjoying them so far.

                    @Dashrender has me concerned about ZigBee, though.

                    Why are you concerned? are you using it? If not, nothing to be concerned with.

                    I am using it. It is built in to the Echo.

                    @Dashrender can talk more about that...

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                    • JaredBuschJ
                      JaredBusch @BRRABill
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                      @brrabill said in Is the Echo trustworthy?:

                      @dashrender said in Is the Echo trustworthy?:

                      @brrabill said in Is the Echo trustworthy?:

                      I ended up buying:

                      Echo Plus
                      Echo
                      Dot (2)

                      Enjoying them so far.

                      @Dashrender has me concerned about ZigBee, though.

                      Why are you concerned? are you using it? If not, nothing to be concerned with.

                      I am using it. It is built in to the Echo.

                      @Dashrender can talk more about that...

                      @dashrender is irrationally against devices.

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                      • BRRABillB
                        BRRABill @JaredBusch
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                        @jaredbusch said

                        @dashrender is irrationally against devices.

                        He is also staying away from his name being paged.

                        Perhaps he is scart to discuss.

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