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Do you trust Voice-Activated Assistants enough to have them in your home or office?

Survey period: 8 Oct 2018 to 15 Oct 2018

Voice-Activated Assistants such as Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant are often privy to our deepest, darkest secrets. Are you comfortable that what they hear will be kept confidential? ("Them" means "whichever assistant you'd be tempted to use")

OptionVotes% 
Yes I trust them444.33
Yes, mostly646.29
Mostly. I may use them only in non-sensitive scenarios13413.18
Not really25024.58
There's not a single Voice-Activated assistant I'd trust in my home or office42341.59
I don't know enough or haven't made up my mind yet.10210.03



 
GeneralNot allowed Pin
PSU Steve12-Oct-18 5:39
professionalPSU Steve12-Oct-18 5:39 
GeneralSigns of Madness Pin
PeejayAdams11-Oct-18 22:32
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GeneralCultural? Pin
megaadam10-Oct-18 23:30
professionalmegaadam10-Oct-18 23:30 
GeneralRe: Cultural? Pin
kalberts11-Oct-18 2:24
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GeneralRe: Cultural? Pin
dan!sh 12-Oct-18 2:52
professional dan!sh 12-Oct-18 2:52 
GeneralTrust.. Pin
berrymaria10-Oct-18 22:23
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GeneralInteresting Pin
#realJSOP9-Oct-18 2:24
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GeneralRe: Interesting Pin
Mycroft Holmes13-Oct-18 12:25
professionalMycroft Holmes13-Oct-18 12:25 
GeneralTrust? Pin
BryanFazekas9-Oct-18 0:57
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GeneralRe: Trust? Pin
KarstenK9-Oct-18 5:25
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GeneralRe: Trust? Pin
BryanFazekas9-Oct-18 5:49
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GeneralRe: Trust? Pin
Daniel Pfeffer9-Oct-18 6:02
professionalDaniel Pfeffer9-Oct-18 6:02 
KarstenK wrote:
I trust most of these folks

On the personal level, I trust many (most?) of the programers / salesmen / etc. would never eavesdrop on private conversations. In the aggregate, and when serious money is involved? Don't make me laugh!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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GeneralRe: Trust? Pin
Steven12189-Oct-18 7:47
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kalberts11-Oct-18 3:04
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GeneralDepends Pin
Marco Bertschi8-Oct-18 18:26
protectorMarco Bertschi8-Oct-18 18:26 
Generalmostly except... Pin
Dennis E White8-Oct-18 13:35
professionalDennis E White8-Oct-18 13:35 
GeneralRe: mostly except... Pin
kalberts11-Oct-18 2:16
kalberts11-Oct-18 2:16 
GeneralAlexa on a Noisy Street Pin
ronlease8-Oct-18 4:40
professionalronlease8-Oct-18 4:40 
GeneralRe: Alexa on a Noisy Street Pin
raddevus8-Oct-18 8:59
mvaraddevus8-Oct-18 8:59 
GeneralPut Simply Pin
W Balboos, GHB8-Oct-18 3:34
W Balboos, GHB8-Oct-18 3:34 
GeneralDon't trust em, but have one here anyway. Pin
Ron Anders8-Oct-18 3:27
Ron Anders8-Oct-18 3:27 
GeneralRe: Don't trust em, but have one here anyway. Pin
raddevus8-Oct-18 8:58
mvaraddevus8-Oct-18 8:58 
GeneralRe: Don't trust em, but have one here anyway. Pin
Vikram A Punathambekar14-Oct-18 7:14
Vikram A Punathambekar14-Oct-18 7:14 
GeneralMost people already have phone Pin
ZurdoDev8-Oct-18 1:55
professionalZurdoDev8-Oct-18 1:55 
GeneralMy microphone is broken... Pin
Carsten V2.08-Oct-18 1:45
Carsten V2.08-Oct-18 1:45 

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