Ambient AI wearables: Privacy concerns and ethical tech.

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Why Amazon Wants an AI Bracelet That Records Everything You Say

Posted by u/Exciting_Teacher6258•07/24/2025

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u/whatsupeveryone34

I mean, it would be simpler for them to just add it to their app and bury it in the TOS that your phone mic is always on.... Good luck to them to get me to buy a fucking bracelet... Good lu

u/Hardass_McBadCop

60 years ago a bunch of crazy people were worried about the government wiretapping us. Instead, it's a private company and now we're just like, "Hey wiretap, how much chocolate can cats eat?"

u/madogvelkor

Would these even be legal in states that are 2 party consent, like California? Or in Connecticut where you can sue people for recording private conversations without your knowledge or consent

u/Letiferr

Pro tip: don't worry about what others want. They aren't gonna force me or you to wear it. But, that tip is probably the single best piece of advice you can follow to improve your life.

u/jsdeprey

I would be curious how this works. While Alexa listens to everything you say, it only listens locally to trigger words, like Alexa, and then sends the next bit to them on the internet. To act

u/Glittering-Map6704

nice during doctor consultation 🤪🙄

u/FanDry5374

Not so sure, the *last* thing any of trump's crime syndicate want is to be recorded privately, particularly without their knowledge.

u/fraize

I bought one of these Bee Pioneer bracelets. The functionality was fairly limited, but it occasionally surprised me when it caught some side comment and turned it into a suggested task for la

u/TuckHolladay

Yea, I probably got my tv in like 2009. Works fine.

u/VVrayth

TL;DR to advertise to you more efficiently, and sell all your data.

u/jbourne71

My wife said the resolution and screen size weren’t good enough to watch football on. Not enough pixels.

u/SunshineSeattle

Switched off Amazon for Costco and local store, fuck Amazon, fuck their sponsored items, fuck their AWS ecosystem as well. Digital ocean or Herzner for me. Not a dime from me going forward.

u/party_benson

Tl;Dr: money

u/AethersPhil

It’s only a smart tv if you connect it to the internet. Otherwise it’s just a tv.

u/HydrangeaBlue70

Imagine actually *wanting* to buy this ....

u/Marchello_E

"You'll get discounts."

u/Cresneta

That could turn into some big brother shit real fast. At the risk of TMI, part of the reason why I ditched my Fitbit was because I noticed that you could guess when I was on my period from my

u/MarcusSurealius

If it had a physical switch, I might consider it. I'm trying to do the same thing myself anyway.

u/Kalepsis

>These products may have different shapes and sizes but they’re all window dressing for the same thing: easy, personalized access to a bot living in the cloud. No. This is false. What t

u/Yung_zu

I think the worst part is how people were often convinced to ruin their lives, people that they grew up with, and then when a president or magnate appears on a chomo plane while doing this a

u/Kalepsis

That's what I said when those Amazon Wiretaps... sorry, *Alexa* devices came to market. And look how that turned out.

u/Pudgiepandas

It’s obvious why they want it….the better question is why we would want it

u/OhSoEvil

There is an activity leader board, it can post to your socials, you can invite friends and earn currency, weekend/special limited events, and buy/earn cosmetics for the bracelet!

u/Sara_Zigggler

Instagram already does this amazon is just trying to catch up.

u/SR_RSMITH

Because they want to listen to users and non users

u/Kalepsis

>It was great for catching hallway conversations with coworkers and reminding me about them later Did your coworkers consent to being recorded?

u/tacorosa

Words can’t describe how much I don’t want this item.

u/fraize

They weren't being recorded, they were being transcribed. And yes, the employee agreement includes giving consent while at work or at home during work functions.

u/Hoxxadari

Oh great. Consoomer horrors beyond my comprehension. What a wonderful way to consoom.

u/UnlikelyOpposite7478

This isn’t surveillance — it’s customer experience 2.0, with lossless audio. You’re not being watched. You’re being *monetized in surround sound*. Privacy didn’t die. It IPO’d, got acquired,

u/FanDry5374

I'm picturing the probable lawsuits from the innocent bystanders it also records. Two-party consent is a thing.

u/Mccobsta

My mums fallen for a few Facebook ad scams over the years There's a pihole and every device uses ublock and yet she uses the Facebook app which can't have anything blocked

u/virtualadept

Now I need to start building a white noise generator that'll fit into your pocket.

u/seraph321

shh, the hive mind has decided every tech conspiracy is real and there's no need to ever debate it using actual logic or evidence. Every company is inherently evil and doing exactly the oppos

u/GadFlyBy

If you thought people were antisocial before. . .

u/superminingbros

I’m going to have to stop you right there Amazon.

u/GadFlyBy

If you thought people were antisocial before. . .

u/BurningPenguin

A private company with more money than entire countries. A company big enough, it could become a country itself. And somehow they managed to convince people, that having massive megacorporati

u/Guilty-Mix-7629

Hey techbros, if the future is so bright in your eyes, explain why this is such a great idea.

u/ARobertNotABob

Phones are the real vector. People are more aware of what they're doing at a desktop/laptop, they'll make *some* effort towards not being scammed etc. On a phone however, people are often en

u/Tadpoleonicwars

I wonder at what point in the timeline do we start seeing corporations spending more on advertising to the average person than the average person actually has to spend, even if by borrowing?

u/cas201

Isn’t this just Alexa. On your wrist?

u/GansNaval

Record this - Eat Shit and Die!

u/NeitherCrapCondo

Honestly. Who is/will be buying these things?

u/the_fonz_approves

It’s to track how many pulls you do when you wank, so Bezos can compare against his track record.

u/MelodicCaterpillar8

At risk of being attacked by everyone here, I find myself agreeing with all of the comments. It’s pretty freaking scary and I think I want one. Lol with the switch, of course, as if I could t

u/MRB102938

Maybe they have a TV from 15+ years ago, and only use DVDs or something. No cell phone.

u/BehavioralSink

“But you get your choice of topping!”

u/K1rkl4nd

AI training will be exempted, but if you've got an insider stock tip it may get analyzed "accidentally".

u/TangerineSchleem

What exactly the actual use case for this?

u/00owl

I have a 15+ year old plasma with an HDMI cable to my PC. Works just as good as the day I bought it

u/mata_dan

And everyone else around you who can't opt out.

u/mintmouse

“We can detect if the ad didn’t play and those accounts are charged more, it’s in the agreement.”

u/middaymoon

Haha I mean I would fully believe this if it weren't so obviously not happening. In the future when it becomes feasible to do this subtly I'll be forced to assume every company is evil, etc.

u/givin_u_the_high_hat

Because it is also listening to everything you listen to, and everything you watch, and whether you are saying about politics that matter to Bezos. All the better to control you with, my dear

u/Velo214

At first Alexa and firetv etc were great, maybe. Now they are full of ads every moment. On devices you bought. I have to buy a new fridge and I get fridge ads for 6 months. Nonsense

u/JaySocials671

That’s actually an interesting thing to notice. I commend u

u/cas201

Isn’t this just Alexa. On your wrist?

u/Bastdkat

A transcription IS a record of the conversation, the only difference between a transcription and a recording is the method used.

u/OriginalBid129

It's for training day for an AI driven robot. The goal is to create AI consumers that buy Amazon goods that are made by these AI bots. Basically creating a producer consumer cycle where the

u/Nunulu

as if phones don't already do that

u/Think_Monk_9879

Is the why ads? It’s all just ads. All of this data and tracking and warehouses consuming copious amounts of energy all just to show us fucking ads. All this scientific and engineering p

u/sanbaeva

Give it time, Trump and his goons will remedy that!

u/givin_u_the_high_hat

Because it is also listening to everything you listen to, and everything you watch, and whether you are saying about politics that matter to Bezos. All the better to control you with, my dear

u/Small_Dog_8699

Why I'm not going to wear it: Because "Fuck You, Jeff".

u/geekstone

They think the government is going to mandate this RFK is already pushing for us all to have fitness trackers. The real point is knowing what you think about dear leader.

u/Marchello_E

"You'll get discounts."

u/Bastdkat

Burst transmission is real, the military has been using it for at least 50 years.

u/CoolGirlWithIssues

The data and computing power is the future of warfare and the future of reality. It's pretty fucking wild where we're headed.

u/zamfire

But it's cursed

u/middaymoon

I mean, they don't. Certainly not to this extent. The traffic would be massive and really obvious.

u/MRB102938

Why not? I'm sure millions will buy it. Not everyone thinks Amazon is going to control their life though a bracelet.

u/superminingbros

I’m going to have to stop you right there Amazon.

u/Think_Monk_9879

You pay 20 bucks a month to for the price late of selling your data to Amazon so you can get even more ads

u/whatsgoingon350

Always makes me laugh seeing how much information people are willing to give on social media.

u/SirGimp9

So they can sell the data to Palantir and then use it to prosecute you in the courts, then deport you. Duh.

u/_TBKF_

and the discount won’t even be that good

u/TuckHolladay

I do have a smart phone, but to this day I have never had an Alexa or smart tv or roomba or anything like that in my house. I haven’t even purchased anything off of Amazon in 14 years.

u/Exciting_Teacher6258

I’m so over this shit…

u/Bad_Habit_Nun

Government learned it's easier to simply make special rules for special companies in return for the company footing the bill.

u/scotishstriker

How else would they find anyone that says we have never been at war with Eurasia.

u/jbourne71

Not when you never hook it up to the internet and just use your Chromecast to… wait a minute.

u/PawnWithoutPurpose

Eat the rich. Release the files.

u/MRB102938

You don't have a smart tv? What kind of TV do you have? Any modern TV is a smart tv.

u/HydrangeaBlue70

Imagine actually *wanting* to buy this ....

u/Fenrir46290

I'm sure very few people will buy these kinds of products. Amazon and other companies will spend millions on research and development for little to no payout in return. They'll just have to k

u/Exciting_Teacher6258

I’m so over this shit…

u/Random

Buying media outlets to influence opinion. Looking to buy more.

u/Accomplished_Cut7600

Ran out of training data on the internet so this is how they think they'll feed the next gen LLM.

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