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    Is the Echo trustworthy?

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    • MattSpellerM
      MattSpeller
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      https://hackaday.com/2017/11/30/classic-furby-plus-alexa-equals-furlexa/

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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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