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I write the On Tech newsletter @nytimes about how tech is reshaping our lives and world. shira.ovide@nytimes.com.  Formers: @bopinion & @WSJ

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    Shira Ovide‏Verified account @ShiraOvide 26 Dec 2019

    Tech companies take your privacy seriously, and also use data from inside your home for cutesy press releases about visits from carolers and people seeking cookie recipes. https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/customers-shopped-record-levels-holiday-season-billions-items …pic.twitter.com/QX6fvcCFAB

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      2. Shira Ovide‏Verified account @ShiraOvide 26 Dec 2019

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        Also I will just repeat this tweet from Thanksgiving:https://twitter.com/ShiraOvide/status/1201856230593093632 …

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        Shira OvideVerified account @ShiraOvide
        My greatest wish every holiday season is that no one writes about Amazon's superlatives-laden holiday news releases. This wish never comes true. https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-customers-shop-record-levels-again-holiday-season-cyber …
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      3. Shira Ovide‏Verified account @ShiraOvide 26 Dec 2019

        Shira Ovide Retweeted Shira Ovide

        But remember that Amazon devices collect all this data and do with it whatever Amazon wishes, FOR THE GOOD OF EVERYONE.https://twitter.com/ShiraOvide/status/1182268858973003776 …

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        Shira OvideVerified account @ShiraOvide
        People definitely buy an Echo device so they can help make Alexa better, however Amazon deems necessary. This is for sure a conscious and informed choice by the guinea pig customers. https://twitter.com/ShiraOvide/status/1182268135849824256 …
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      2. Pinboard‏ @Pinboard 26 Dec 2019
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        Also who needs a recipe for fluffy mashed potatoes? These people deserve the public shaming their surveillance devices are giving them. 90% of the recipe is in the name alone.

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      3. Erin Petenko‏Verified account @EPetenko 26 Dec 2019
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        They need to be reminded how much butter to add (lots and lots and lots)

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      1. Netopia.eu‏ @NetopiaEU 26 Dec 2019
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        Add cutesy press releases to how this tech is all provided on humanitarian grounds, from the most altruistic position as a gift from the cyber gods. Or Big tech take your content, data & privacy, seriously.

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      1. likeluke‏ @likeluke 26 Dec 2019
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        everything about this is really scary

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      1. Scott Kominers‏Verified account @skominers 26 Dec 2019
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        That is totally insane.

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      1. Niels Bjerg‏ @nielsbjerg 26 Dec 2019
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        The update is generic enough, that it could be all lies. They do collect the data, which you opt in to passing on to them, but in this case the “sharing” is high level enough to not pose a risk. Looking forward to your reaction to the google zeitgeist..

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      1. Rachel Sklar‏Verified account @rachelsklar 26 Dec 2019
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        Also takes ownership of things that have always been happening (okay more deliveries but otherwise. Fluffy Mashed Potatoes and Chocolate Chip Cookies? Gee Amazon whoever could have guessed.)

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      1. Thomas‏ @tfstaub 26 Dec 2019
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        If privacy was serious, they wouldn’t know this information.

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