02-02-2020, 04:25 AM
Sarcany wrote:
[quote=Thrift Store Scott]
[quote=Sarcany]
I use an Amazon Echo Dot.
"Set a 10 minute potato timer."
"Set a 30 minute casserole timer."
"Cancel the casserole timer."
"Set a 5 minute egg timer."
Voice commands are pretty useful in the kitchen.
That's convenient timer functionality, but I'd rather not voluntarily bring listening devices with God-only-knows who on the other end into my home just to time how long my vermicelli cooks.
What do you do in the kitchen that's so sensitive?
Nothing, but if the government, advertisers, or anyone else wants to listen in on my boring private conversations without my expressed permission then they will have to do so the old fashioned way by presenting their case for bugging my private residence before a judge who will then decide whether or not to issue them a warrant for my surveillance.
Amendment 4 of the Bill of Rights states:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.
I take the phrase "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated" to include unwarranted surveillance, both manual and electronic.