• WldFyre@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Do you also personally audit all open source software that you use?

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      11 months ago

      Your rebuttal makes no sense.

      The issue with proprietary “smart” assistants is that we can only guess how they work.

    • RaoulDook@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      No but I do review code audits that certified professionals publish for things that I use when they are available, and I also don’t use any voice assistants and only use open source smartphone ROMs such as GrapheneOS.

      Basically I use the opsec methods available to me to prevent as much of the rampant spying that I can. The last thing I would do is put an open mic to Amazon’s audio harvesting bots in my home because that’s incredibly careless.