I have the best deal at Christmas. I must buy gifts for just one person: my lovely wife. As long as I do that well, everything goes smoothly.
She handles the gifts for everyone else, including my extended family. But we always get into trouble when it comes down to gifts for me. My wife buys me gifts that I would love to return. It’s not because they aren’t nice things; I just don’t really want anything.
Luckily, this year, there’s one thing we both agree will not enter our home.
We have vowed never to have a smart speaker.
You know what I’m talking about? The Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Apple whatever. Those darn little devices can be very handy when you want to know something.
What’s the weather like?
Is there traffic on my route to work?
Order a new box of tissues.
Who performed the song “No Parking on the Dance Floor?” (It was the band, Midnight Star.)
These are important questions that everyone must know the answers to, and those darn little speakers make it really easy to find them.
But they come with an insidious character flaw.
They listen to, and record, everything.
I mean, everything.
http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/big-brother-is-listening-again/
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