Exactly. But beyond that, for me, is the principle of the thing. My life is IN. NO. WAY. made better by allowing my comings and goings—whether virtual or IRL—to be monitored by ANYBODY. Period. I don’t care if the purpose is allegedly benign. The fact is that even the "benign" purposes exist for trying to influence my purchasing decisions. Every day, I am barraged with SPAM email. My physical mailbox is fed about a 3/4 to 1/4 mix of junk mail to necessary mail. I receive bogus text messages trying to get me to click on unsolicited links, and UNENDING phone calls trying to sell me an extended vehicle warranty. (The joke's on them…..I drive a Toyota that will still be running long after all of us are already in the ground.) I. AM. FED. UP. Google, Facebook, and Amazon can go have intimate knowledge of themselves. I’d feel the same way about Apple, except that they’re the ONE large corporation that not only leaves me alone most of the time, but also proactively takes steps to protect my privacy from all of those other sharks—both in and out of gov’t.jerry_r60 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 2:58 pmI suspect it's pretty benign and safe but I don't need it so turned it off on the off chance some exploit gets introduced that I am unaware of. Risk / Reward....very low risk, no reward.chamberc wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 2:51 pmIt's no more risky than having secured Wifi in your home.jerry_r60 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 2:26 pm I still turned it off but one thing this "feature" does is helps track those "tracking tags" like Tile that you can buy and put on things like keys, dogs, kids back packs, etc. The more phones, devices etc that have something like this turned on, better the tracking works as the tag can say "I'm here" as it passes.
I'm not advocating, just adding info on what Amazon is trying to accomplish.
I. DON'T. CARE. if I’m missing out on the opportunity for some great deal or other. I. DON'T NEED. to be able to remotely turn off my lights or A/C. I don’t need to be able to tell Alexa what to do or what to buy, when I can just walk over to my computer or flip a wall switch to do it. I’m a grownass man. And, it’s money that I’m not inclined to spend most of the time anyway. I just want to be left alone, and I don’t think that’s too much to ask from these companies.
Other than that, I have no opinion in the matter.
