[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

[DaveFroble]

seasoned_geek wrote:
> On Friday, February 2, 2018 at 3:20:14 PM UTC-6, DaveFroble wrote:

>> ALEXA does seem to provide some new things ....
>>
> 
> Yes, ALEXA lets the thieves know when you aren't home and tells them you don't have an alarm because it doesn't record any keypad beeps as you leave. ALEXA testifies against you or someone in your home in a court of law. Now there is rumored to be a subculture on the dark Web playing a game called "Listen to ALEXA." The devices are so horribly insecure they might as well have done like Apple and not put a password on root.

I'll tell you why I've learned that ALEXA exists.

A short time ago, my son-in-laws grandmother had some problems.  She ended up on 
the floor for some time, not sure how long, and there was no way to get help.

My daughter took one look at this and decided something was needed.  I'm not 
sure if ALEXA was the best choice, but, it is a choice.  You can go on about the 
bad guys, but, isn't it possible that sometimes the good of something overrides 
any bad?

You may be right in all you claim.  I mentioned to family that if all voice went 
over the internet to be processed, then just about any sound in your house was 
doing so, and could be a bad thing.  Nobody was listening.  "Everybody uses it".

If such a device was developed that would not transmit everything over the 
internet, that might be a much better choice.  Not sure what it would cost.  Not 
sure if such exists.

I'm not sure if there are any good answers.  I'm very sure that the vast 
majority just don't understand what they are doing, and most care more about 
cost than anything else.

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