Or maybe you don't install a data mining spy device in the office?
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Is it any different than speaking in front of your smartphone?
I don't own an echo or Google whatever but I've definitely mentioned things and then got ads for that thing within the hour/day. Like cat litter when I don't even own a cat, just mentioned it once for cleaning up spills.
More likely there's a bunch of data points it can use. Coming within BT range of someone who does have a cat for example. Otherwise all the major smart phone companies would need to be in collision to keep the secret because the battery drain would be so blatant of it was recording, processing, transfering etc.
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I don't have a smoking gun for Google advertising based on conversation, but I mentioned in an email (Gmail) that someone I know was going to the Calgary Stampede, and Google Ads flogged Stetson cowboy hats and the Stampede for weeks after that. It was so conspicuous because normally it's just, "hot singles in your area", "hot Christian singles in your area?" maybe, "hot Christian moms in your area?" Nowadays it's like, "grannies near you want to fuck." FML.
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So keep cell phone in lockers, no smart TVs, and no Alexa or similar devices.
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If the patient's name is Alexa, you're gonna have a bad time
If this is a medical facility, I'd never trust them ever again if I saw an echo there.
Dentist office I went to has a private room with an Echo, they use it to switch playlists without having to touch anything, I guess. Figure they didn't really think it through....
But yeah I was a bit uncomfortable with that. Not that anything private was discussed, I simply had a cavity filled. They're excellent dentists tho, best I've ever seen, so I won't be going elsewhere.
Maybe mention the potential privacy issue if they're still using echo on your next visit. They might've not aware of it.
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Yeah, don’t go looking too hard whenever you’re in a hospital or anything. The number of vulnerabilities I can spot with as little infosec knowledge I have is deeply concerning
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You're all missing the real kicker here - this sign is only here for the HIPAA auditor. Everyone knows that no one is actually going to mute the thing.
Also muting it probably doesn't stop it listening, it just stops its response.
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It's fascinating how people know that these devices break their privacy, yet they keep using them.
Convenience is one of the most addictive drugs.
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Why do they even have an Amazon echo if they know it's a fucking security risk? If you need a speaker, just get a speaker, not one a spyker (sorry, that was shite)
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Maybe just don’t have any big tech surveillance devices in the hospital/clinic/whatever.
Friendly reminder to pause your bleeple before you buttlebode your over-driver. You do not want (CCF) cloud confederation forces to scuttle your bodes.
But Jeff Benzos is the biggest pharamcist in the world now, so it's fine
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Shit like this is why I got a dumb speaker. It just plays audio, it doesn't have a battery (meaning that unplugged = zero power), it doesn't have wifi, it doesn't have an assistant, it just plays the music I ask it to play via Bluetooth.
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And by muted they mean pull the plug
And by pull the plug I mean smash it with a fucking hammer
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~~muted~~ thrown in the trash where it belongs
I hate it when acronyms aren't clearly defined... PHI stands for Protected Health Information.
This is almost certainly in a provider setting, in which all covered employees will have received extensive training detailing what "PHI" stands for.
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IoT and smart device security only means your data is protected from unauthorized access. It's up to the manufacturer, not the user to decide who can get in.
Remember that S in IoT stands for Security!
We're living in a dystopian future...
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