@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoDo our phones listen to our conversations? The answer is complicated.english.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1185arrow-down1external-linkDo our phones listen to our conversations? The answer is complicated.english.elpais.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
Our mobile devices listen to and collect a significant amount of data on us, even without using our microphones.
minus-squareP03 LockelinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoEcho is another Amazon brand word, and Amazon, of course. Computer is so common of a word that nobody would ever want to change it to that. Also, Ziggy was the computer on Quantum Leap.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoThanks for solving the “Ziggy” one for me! And I agree I feel like “Computer” was for elderly grandmas.
minus-squareAa!linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years ago“Computer” is most certainly meant for Star Trek fans. But yeah, it’s a pretty impractical choice
Echo is another Amazon brand word, and Amazon, of course. Computer is so common of a word that nobody would ever want to change it to that.
Also, Ziggy was the computer on Quantum Leap.
Thanks for solving the “Ziggy” one for me! And I agree I feel like “Computer” was for elderly grandmas.
“Computer” is most certainly meant for Star Trek fans. But yeah, it’s a pretty impractical choice