[Magdalen] Siri is listening

[Jay Weigel]

I have Siri on my phone and Alexa at home. I insult them both freely. They
don't give me a lot of grief and if they do send me ads I ignore them.

On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 7:53 PM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> I turned her off Day One, but she's still active somehow.
> Only turn her on for Maps directions, then deactivate again.
> -M
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 6:19 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Well, I’ve resisted using Siri so far, and now I know I’ll continue to do
> > that!
> >
> > > On Jan 9, 2020, at 5:56 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Maybe a month ago the gf and I were chatting in the car. She was
> > > complaining about a colleague, who was making her crazy. "Sweetie," I
> > said,
> > > "it sounds as if he's having an anxiety attack. Remember: anxiety looks
> > > very different in men."
> > >
> > > When I got home and hopped online, I was nonplussed to see, prominently
> > > displayed, an ad for treating anxiety in men.
> > >
> > > Dismissed this as a weird coincidence.
> > >
> > > Last Sunday I was chatting with a friend who's facing both health and
> > > automotive challenges. I was telling him how many of our neighbors use
> > > grocery delivery services, especially Peapod. We talked about this for
> > > maybe four or five minutes. After we hung up, I hopped online and right
> > > away got SIX ads for grocery delivery.
> > >
> > > So now, the gf keeps looking at my phone and shouting "Free Bermuda
> > > vacation."
> > > Ob Ang, nope.
> > > -M
> >
>