Anything for pancakes

found on eBaum's World

We give out our passwords for candy bars so why not give up our privacy for pancakes, right?

I don't know about you, but that doesn't really sound like a fair trade to me. Maybe it's just because I already know how to make my own pancakes.

"Privacy" settings

found on eBaum's World

If the microphone were actually disabled, it wouldn't be able to respond to your question by saying the microphone is disabled because it wouldn't have heard your question in the first place. 

If you have a device that does this, it's lying to you when it says it's disabled.

Not OK Google

found on Izismile

If being constantly spied on by devices and services is the price you pay for more relevant ads, the price is too high because I still won't buy.

You might want to keep them out of your bedroom

from here

This is something that probably bears repeating A LOT. Those smart speakers and smart phones and smart watches and other devices that obey your commands aren't simply computers, there are also people listening in to help the computers improve. All the major brands (Amazon's Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple's Siri) of digital assistants are made of people, at least in part.

And honestly "Digital assistants are made of people" seems like it could make a pretty good catch phrase.