Episode 006: Alexa
Alexa has always scared me. The idea that we’ve given access to the most private aspects of our lives and homes to for-profit corporations still blows my mind.
At least with Alexa we have given some form of consent and have some degree of awareness that Big Sister is listening all the time.
In her book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, Shoshana Zuboff (see Episode 003) writes about two human rights: the right to our future and the right to privacy.
In mining our data, these companies and stripping these rights away, one megabyte at a time.
In our next episode, we will discuss whether or not Facebook is in fact listening in through your phone.