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.
In my experience with "mentioning the potential privacy issue" people are aware, it's just an awkward conversation that they'd prefer not to have.
Imagine being a receptionist at a dentists office and some whackadoodle rolls in to the waiting room on their electric scooter, and loudly exclaims… "are you aware that you and all of the staff here are absolutely completely 100% butt naked under your clothes and hosiery? It's unhygienic, unsanitary, non-inclusive, and completely unsatisfactory. I just thought you should know and perhaps talk it over with your boss".
Your reaction to this hypothetical scenario is the reaction you can expect when talking to your dentist about privacy.
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
Wait until you hear about the listening devices that 90% of people carry around in their pockets everywhere they go.
Or maybe you don’t install a data mining spy device in the office?
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.
And all the articles that have said they aren’t recording everything, I guess they would have to be in on it too.
So keep cell phone in lockers, no smart TVs, and no Alexa or similar devices.
Someone should invent the pocket microwave
They can call it the hot pocket
Sounds dangerous to have anywhere near your groin.
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.
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.
It’s fascinating how people know that these devices break their privacy, yet they keep using them.
Some people just don’t care about their privacy and I’m not judging them, you do you!
People that don’t care about their privacy is exactly what makes it so hard to just exist privately. I shouldn’t have to give up my rights because other people don’t care about them
Professionals should care about their client’s privacy though. That shouldn’t be a debate.
mutedthrown in the trash where it belongs
