#creepy tech

[hugging-blavingad]

My headphones randomly:

"power on"

I DIDN'T TOUCH THEM AT ALL, AM I HOUNDED?????!?!?!?!????!!!!???!

[probablyapinecone]

as a general rule, I am very very VERY against the whole concept of computer brain chips. it is dystopian and creepy and invasive.

but as I sit here, fresh piercings hurting like hell and the only headphones compatible with my computer just barely resting on my ears, I hate to say it, but it would sure be nice to have my little cowboy game's music channeled directly into my brain.

[todaysamlearned]

Amazon patents Alexa tech to tell if you’re sick, depressed and sell you meds

Echo could analyze your voice to detect a "physical or emotional abnormality."

Today I learned some more ways Alexa is creeping on us.

[pipecamp]

Google Remembered My Birthday

Birthday Doodle from Google, my life partner. It's your life partner too. It knows all your secrets and how dumb you truly are.

[what-ohhellnah-holdup-huh-ohokay]

[panthalassa3d]

"The fork looks like a sex toy-fork hybrid that was accidentally created when some careless assembly line employee at the Fork-n-Dildo factory fell asleep for a few minutes and forgot to sort a fork out of the dildo pile. Shit happens, you know?" That's about the best of the article.

[dianaxu]

Creepy Technology

I do not live in a small city.  It's described as "Metro Vancouver" by courier and shipping companies for a reason. 

Despite its large size, I will run into this odd problem thanks to gmail and how it's organized.  

I use my labels but I prefer to just search for that persons name or email address if I know who this conversation was with -- and a word inside the body/subject.

Sometimes, I'll meet a new contact, start a couple of email convos with them, need to look back on these convos --- and realize that we were both cc'd on some art project 7 years ago. 

Like, even without Facebook, I am informed of mutual friends and relationship history in a slightly creepy way.

Slightly creepy, slightly cool way.  I occasionally get this feeling like I'm playing with toys from the future.

[biancatheplanner-blog]