I have not been able to understand the *need* so many have to have these kind of gadgets in their home. Pure Laziness is all I can figure. Why not just install a loudspeaker outside your front door so that everyone can hear all you say and do???
But, along with this whole idea of something/someone recording all you say and do and giving you answers to your questions, I am reminded of how these gadgets are copycat items to imitate what God already does. Satan swore he was going to do everything that God already does - that he would deceive all he could that his powers are as great as Gods. The problem is all Satan does is IMITATION and not anywhere close to what God does. If you aren't familiar with the RECORD that God keeps on all of us check out https://www.
All I have been reading and listening to for some time indicates that we are oh so close to the Rapture taking place. That is why I try so hard to encourage folks to confess, repent, ask Christ into your hearts - be Baptized (full immersion) and be Born Again. That all has to take place BEFORE you draw your last earthly breath. No one can stand in for you after that time in spite of what some denominations falsely teach.
https://www.
Note: The concept of God electing those who will be saved isn't controversial, but what is controversial is how and in what manner God chose those who will be saved. Throughout church history, there have been two main views on the doctrine of election (or predestination). One view, teaches that God, through His omniscience, knew those who will in the course of time choose of their own free will to place their faith and trust in Jesus Christ for salvation. On the basis of this divine foreknowledge, God elected these individuals "before the foundation of the world" ( Foreknowledge (see Ephesians 1:4-5). This view is held by the majority of American evangelicals.
The Books of One's Deeds Opened: At this point we find a set of books and a book being opened. Notice the wording (in Rev 20:12):
Revelation 20:12 "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works". Book of Life - All Books (see Revelation 12:12-13).
For the identity of these "books" we must look beyond our immediate text to another passage in God's word. (Galatians 3:10), contains the description of the second book by which the human race will be judged. Those who have lived under the hearing of the law of God will be judged by it. Unless people accept the mercy of God in the person of His Son, there is no way they can be found righteous, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).
Revelation 20:12 indicates that some of the books at this Great White Throne Judgment will be the books of a person's works, for "the dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books." The same thing is said (in verse 13b). In some way every person must have a recording angel who in this life is tabulating everything he or she does. In connection with this though it is well to consider:
Ecclesiastes 12:14: "For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil." In this final hour the books of one's works or deeds will be opened.
I hope this helps to set forth the imitation of Satan's recordings and those of God, Our Heavenly Father. Listen to this You tube message by Amir Tsarfati https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Jackie Juntti
WGEN idzrus@earthlink.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/
By VICTORIA BELL FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 09:48 EDT, 10 May 2019 | UPDATED: 11:41 EDT, 10 May 2019
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Voice recordings captured by Amazon's Alexa can be deleted but the automatically produced transcriptions remain in the company's cloud, according to reports.
After Alexa hears its 'wake' word, the smart assistant starts listening and transcribing everything it hears.
All the voice commands said to the virtual assistant can be deleted from the central system, but the company still has the the text logs, according to CNET.
This data is kept on its cloud servers, with no option for users to delete it, but the company claims it is working on ways to make the data inaccessible.
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Amazon workers are listening to private and sometimes disturbing voice recordings to improve the voice-assistants understanding of human speech. As many as 1,000 clips are reviewed by staff members per shift who annotate and transcribe them
The new finding comes as many reports have shed light over the company's handling of sensitive data, with people scrutinising the tech they use more than ever.
An Amazon spokesperson told MailOnline: 'When a customer deletes a voice recording, we also delete the corresponding text transcript associated with their account from our main Alexa systems and many subsystems, and have work underway to delete it from remaining subsystems.'
The report follows revelations yesterday that more than a dozen consumer advocacy groups plan to file a complaint against the company with the Federal Trade Commission.
They alleged that the tech giant is violating federal laws by failing to obtain parental consent before collecting data on children through Echo devices.
According to the Wall Street Journal the complaint said that Amazon does not disclose how it collects and uses children's data.
The groups argue that the company are violating children's privacy after they discovered youngsters were sharing their names, home addresses, social security numbers and other sensitive information with Alexa, often with little oversight from parents.
Amazon was met with scepticism from some privacy advocates and members of Congress last year when it introduced its first kid-oriented voice assistant.
The device lets children ask Alexa questions, tell it to play music and remember information.
This is while giving them access to 'FreeTime Unlimited,' an Amazon service with 10,000 kinds of kid-friendly content like videos, books, TV shows and movies.
'These are children talking in their own homes about anything and everything,' said Josh Golin, who directs the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood.
'Why is Amazon keeping these voice recordings?'
A coalition of groups led by Golin's organization and Georgetown University's Institute for Public Representation is filing a formal complaint with the FTC alleging that Amazon is violating the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
A previous investigation by MailOnline revealed the smart assistant eavesdrops on housemates' gossip, private conversations about insurance policies - and even the family dog.
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All the voice commands you say to your virtual assistant are possible to delete off your system but the company still has the the text logs of the transcribed audio. This data is kept on its cloud servers, with no option for users to delete them but the company claim they are working on ways to make the data inaccessible
Amazon insists Alexa can only be activated when the allocated 'wake word' is uttered - being Alexa, Computer or Echo.
The tech giant - along with Apple's Siri and, until recently, Google's Assistant - says it saves every single interaction a person has with the device to improve the service - with some 'unintentional' snippets also being recorded if it mistakes another noise for a 'wake word'.
However, evidence shows this cannot be the case, or the process is fundamentally flawed, as a host of sounds and conversations were recorded without a clear or legitimate wake word being uttered - some when there was not even a human nearby.
These 'secret' archives revealed eerie snippets of users' friends, families and children being recorded while they were completely unaware - and without a clear or legitimate wake word being uttered.
Amazon sent a comment via a spokesperson regarding the privacy settings of its voice recordings in regard to this investigation.
The firm claims customers have 'complete control' of their recordings and can delete them at any time.
While this is true in as much as users can delete their oral history relatively easily, it assumes they know of the archive's existence in the first place.
It remains to be seen what real benefit there is for Amazon in keeping this data.
The statement read: 'Alexa is always getting smarter, which is only possible by training her with voice recordings to better understand requests, provide more accurate responses, and personalise the customer experience.
'Training Alexa with voice recordings from a diverse range of customers helps ensure Alexa works well for everyone.
'Customers have complete control over the voice recordings associated with their Alexa account. They can review, listen, and delete voice recordings one by one or all at once by visiting in the Alexa app or at https://www.amazon.com/
Millions are reluctant to invite the devices and their powerful microphones into their homes out of concern that their conversations are being heard.
Amazon devices rely on microphones listening out for a key word, which can be triggered by accident and without their owner's realisation.
The camera on the £119.99 ($129) Echo Spot, which doubles up as a 'smart alarm', will also probably be facing directly at the user's bed.
The device has such sophisticated microphones it can hear people talking from across the room - even if music is playing.
Last month a hack by British security researcher Mark Barnes saw 2015 and 2016 versions of the Echo turned into a live microphone.
Fraudsters could then use this live audio feed to collect sensitive information from the device.
Amazon Echo Spot can check on smart home cameras using your voice
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But, along with this whole idea of something/someone recording all you say and do and giving you answers to your questions, I am reminded of how these gadgets are copycat items to imitate what God already does. Satan swore he was going to do everything that God already does - that he would deceive all he could that his powers are as great as Gods. The problem is all Satan does is IMITATION and not anywhere close to what God does. If you aren't familiar with the RECORD that God keeps on all of us check out https://www.
All I have been reading and listening to for some time indicates that we are oh so close to the Rapture taking place. That is why I try so hard to encourage folks to confess, repent, ask Christ into your hearts - be Baptized (full immersion) and be Born Again. That all has to take place BEFORE you draw your last earthly breath. No one can stand in for you after that time in spite of what some denominations falsely teach.
https://www.
Note: The concept of God electing those who will be saved isn't controversial, but what is controversial is how and in what manner God chose those who will be saved. Throughout church history, there have been two main views on the doctrine of election (or predestination). One view, teaches that God, through His omniscience, knew those who will in the course of time choose of their own free will to place their faith and trust in Jesus Christ for salvation. On the basis of this divine foreknowledge, God elected these individuals "before the foundation of the world" ( Foreknowledge (see Ephesians 1:4-5). This view is held by the majority of American evangelicals.
The Books of One's Deeds Opened: At this point we find a set of books and a book being opened. Notice the wording (in Rev 20:12):
Revelation 20:12 "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works". Book of Life - All Books (see Revelation 12:12-13).
For the identity of these "books" we must look beyond our immediate text to another passage in God's word. (Galatians 3:10), contains the description of the second book by which the human race will be judged. Those who have lived under the hearing of the law of God will be judged by it. Unless people accept the mercy of God in the person of His Son, there is no way they can be found righteous, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).
Revelation 20:12 indicates that some of the books at this Great White Throne Judgment will be the books of a person's works, for "the dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books." The same thing is said (in verse 13b). In some way every person must have a recording angel who in this life is tabulating everything he or she does. In connection with this though it is well to consider:
Ecclesiastes 12:14: "For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil." In this final hour the books of one's works or deeds will be opened.
I hope this helps to set forth the imitation of Satan's recordings and those of God, Our Heavenly Father. Listen to this You tube message by Amir Tsarfati https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Jackie Juntti
WGEN idzrus@earthlink.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/
Amazon is keeping your Alexa data in text form even AFTER you delete the audio recordings
- Alexa records audio every time a user activates it with a 'wake word'
- It also transcribes the recordings into text and saves it on Amazon's cloud
- Audio recordings can be deleted permanently by users if they wish
- However, the transcriptions live on in some parts of Amazon's cloud network
- The report comes amid new complaints that parents can't delete what their children say to Echo Dot Kids Edition
By VICTORIA BELL FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 09:48 EDT, 10 May 2019 | UPDATED: 11:41 EDT, 10 May 2019
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Voice recordings captured by Amazon's Alexa can be deleted but the automatically produced transcriptions remain in the company's cloud, according to reports.
After Alexa hears its 'wake' word, the smart assistant starts listening and transcribing everything it hears.
All the voice commands said to the virtual assistant can be deleted from the central system, but the company still has the the text logs, according to CNET.
This data is kept on its cloud servers, with no option for users to delete it, but the company claims it is working on ways to make the data inaccessible.
Scroll down for video
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Amazon workers are listening to private and sometimes disturbing voice recordings to improve the voice-assistants understanding of human speech. As many as 1,000 clips are reviewed by staff members per shift who annotate and transcribe them
The new finding comes as many reports have shed light over the company's handling of sensitive data, with people scrutinising the tech they use more than ever.
An Amazon spokesperson told MailOnline: 'When a customer deletes a voice recording, we also delete the corresponding text transcript associated with their account from our main Alexa systems and many subsystems, and have work underway to delete it from remaining subsystems.'
The report follows revelations yesterday that more than a dozen consumer advocacy groups plan to file a complaint against the company with the Federal Trade Commission.
They alleged that the tech giant is violating federal laws by failing to obtain parental consent before collecting data on children through Echo devices.
According to the Wall Street Journal the complaint said that Amazon does not disclose how it collects and uses children's data.
The groups argue that the company are violating children's privacy after they discovered youngsters were sharing their names, home addresses, social security numbers and other sensitive information with Alexa, often with little oversight from parents.
Amazon was met with scepticism from some privacy advocates and members of Congress last year when it introduced its first kid-oriented voice assistant.
The device lets children ask Alexa questions, tell it to play music and remember information.
This is while giving them access to 'FreeTime Unlimited,' an Amazon service with 10,000 kinds of kid-friendly content like videos, books, TV shows and movies.
'These are children talking in their own homes about anything and everything,' said Josh Golin, who directs the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood.
'Why is Amazon keeping these voice recordings?'
A coalition of groups led by Golin's organization and Georgetown University's Institute for Public Representation is filing a formal complaint with the FTC alleging that Amazon is violating the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
A previous investigation by MailOnline revealed the smart assistant eavesdrops on housemates' gossip, private conversations about insurance policies - and even the family dog.
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All the voice commands you say to your virtual assistant are possible to delete off your system but the company still has the the text logs of the transcribed audio. This data is kept on its cloud servers, with no option for users to delete them but the company claim they are working on ways to make the data inaccessible
Amazon insists Alexa can only be activated when the allocated 'wake word' is uttered - being Alexa, Computer or Echo.
The tech giant - along with Apple's Siri and, until recently, Google's Assistant - says it saves every single interaction a person has with the device to improve the service - with some 'unintentional' snippets also being recorded if it mistakes another noise for a 'wake word'.
However, evidence shows this cannot be the case, or the process is fundamentally flawed, as a host of sounds and conversations were recorded without a clear or legitimate wake word being uttered - some when there was not even a human nearby.
These 'secret' archives revealed eerie snippets of users' friends, families and children being recorded while they were completely unaware - and without a clear or legitimate wake word being uttered.
Amazon sent a comment via a spokesperson regarding the privacy settings of its voice recordings in regard to this investigation.
The firm claims customers have 'complete control' of their recordings and can delete them at any time.
While this is true in as much as users can delete their oral history relatively easily, it assumes they know of the archive's existence in the first place.
It remains to be seen what real benefit there is for Amazon in keeping this data.
The statement read: 'Alexa is always getting smarter, which is only possible by training her with voice recordings to better understand requests, provide more accurate responses, and personalise the customer experience.
'Training Alexa with voice recordings from a diverse range of customers helps ensure Alexa works well for everyone.
'Customers have complete control over the voice recordings associated with their Alexa account. They can review, listen, and delete voice recordings one by one or all at once by visiting in the Alexa app or at https://www.amazon.com/
WHY ARE PEOPLE CONCERNED OVER PRIVACY WITH AMAZON'S ALEXA DEVICES?
Amazon devices have previously been activated when they're not wanted - meaning the devices could be listening.Millions are reluctant to invite the devices and their powerful microphones into their homes out of concern that their conversations are being heard.
Amazon devices rely on microphones listening out for a key word, which can be triggered by accident and without their owner's realisation.
The camera on the £119.99 ($129) Echo Spot, which doubles up as a 'smart alarm', will also probably be facing directly at the user's bed.
The device has such sophisticated microphones it can hear people talking from across the room - even if music is playing.
Last month a hack by British security researcher Mark Barnes saw 2015 and 2016 versions of the Echo turned into a live microphone.
Fraudsters could then use this live audio feed to collect sensitive information from the device.
Amazon Echo Spot can check on smart home cameras using your voice
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