Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for February 15, 2020

Little pictures have big ears.

Oh they are listening alright.

Is that an earpad?

That is a great gag product!

They would have to be fools to listen to you. You have nothing to say worth hearing.

They’re watching too. All of my computer lenses are covered with post-its.

Honestly, I don’t think my conversations are worth anyone listening to.

I have an app to listen for me.

I don’t care what others say, they say I don’t listen anyway.

They’re listening, whether it’s the government, businesses, &/or con-men; they’re listening.

Pay no attention to those ears, they are just antennas. BTW my password is hear hear.

We thought we would resist Big Brother. Then we put him in our pockets, our living rooms, our cars and our toasters….

“Those who think they can have both freedom and security will lose both and deserve neither” Ben Franklin, paraphrased.

Imagine finding that thing inside a confessional.

Growing up we were told children should be seen and not heard…..ooooh the things we heard….

You don’t know the half of it.

That’s just a tad earie.

As it happens, all those “ask out loud” devices are  listening to you. All the time. Even if you push the “don’t listen” button (so I’ve heard, for some brands or items). And pretty much all of what they hear gets sent home to the company you bought† them from. Because, they claim, they’re trying to make it work better. And some of what you say actually gets listened to by humans.

† I cannot imagine why you would invite a spy into your home in the first place, but the icing on the silly-cake: You’re  paying them  to spy on you!