Ford wants to listen in!

[belairbrian]

Does anyone younger than 40 even know how to read a map? Do they know what a pay phone was? Have they ever seen a black and white TV?

Yes, my son, 26, has amassed a collection of road and terrain maps.
Yes, But probably because his grndfather has an old wooden phone booth.
Sort of. He does watch old shows that are still being broadcast in Black and White (H and I channel has them). But the television is a color TV.

BTW, we are headed in to the peak of the 11 year solar activity cycle, so expect increased solar flair and CMEs.

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[bigwyo]

Link?

I watched it on the television, but I imagine that you can google it.

 

[EricR]

I just watched a news report that said Ford is developing the ability to listen in to the conversations taking place in your vehicle so that they can customize advertising targeting you!
I do like some of the new dodads on these new vehicles but I’m starting to think the days of manual floor vents, wing windows, and a map in the glove box might be more palatable!

Have you ever heard of Google, Android, or Alexa?

 

[bigwyo]

Have you ever heard of Google, Android, or Alexa?

I have heard of them but I don’t utilize them. The most intrusive devices I have are Blink cameras, but they are all outside.

 

[Grayson]

I have heard of them but I don’t utilize them. The most intrusive devices I have are Blink cameras, but they are all outside.

We are everywhere.


Also does this mean that if I talk about how my truck was made when quality control was taking a 15 minute poop break at work that it will give me advertisements for another brand?

 

[NavyChief]

lol look what you did. Its sad there are more ads than content

 

[SonarChief]

If you have anything that is enabled with a “wake word”, everything said is already listened to and analyzed. As someone pointed out, the only thing “new” about this is Fords request to patent using what they hear to send targeted ads to you. It is only the next step, as “they” (insert Google, Microsoft, Verizon etc..) already take every keystroke from every text, email, and website you visit and do the same thing.

 

[KTM753]

Other thread on this topic with link to article:

https://www.f150gen14.com/forum/thr...hat-listens-to-passenger-conversations.28547/

 

[sbi]

Do they still make folding maps? You know the ones our parents struggled to get back into the folded position.....

They do, I have a stack of all US maps from AAA in the back door pocket ;-)

 

[nvabill]

Do they still make folding maps? You know the ones our parents struggled to get back into the folded position.....

Virginia Department of Transportation still makes paper state road maps and distributes them at rest stops and other locations.

https://www.vdot.virginia.gov/travel-traffic/maps/order-a-vdot-map/

 

[powerboatr]

We are everywhere.


Also does this mean that if I talk about how my truck was made when quality control was taking a 15 minute poop break at work that it will give me advertisements for another brand?

Apparently...this screen shot has that ugly truck in it.......see what you did????

 

[Deleted member 22921]

Folded paper maps cannot be beaten. They provide the only big picture of roads in the entire state.

I still use them.

 

[dochawk]

I just watched a news report that said Ford is developing the ability to listen in to the conversations taking place in your vehicle so that they can customize advertising targeting you!

I've seen those reports, but they're schlock journalism, and it simply isn't true. (well, it *could* be true, but there's no suggestion of it from what they based their stories on [which were generally half-heard other reports!])

Ford filed a patent application for such a system. That doesn't even begin to suggest that they're actually spending money on such research.

Patent applications for horrific things are fairly common; they serve the strategic purpose of stopping anyone else from patenting such a thing, and providing "prior art" is someone tries.

And, come to think of it, it's probably not valid due to prior art: there have been enough reports of improbable connections from Alexa that it's pretty clear that Amazon is already doing it. And I'd be truly surprised if google isn't (we have a strong suggestion in this thread that they are).

Whether they are good or evil in general, apple has recognized something that is not only sellable, but that they will gain sales by taking a hard line on. Take their standoff over the phone with the FBI over the terrorist phone a few years ago:

"Unlock this!"​

we can't; it's designed that way.​

"Do it anyway! we'll get an order!"​

We still can't, and we're not going to spend $25 million in engineering work to try to break our own product security!​

Apple files its share or more of the ridiculous "blocking" patents for such stuff.

 

[dochawk]

If you have anything that is enabled with a “wake word”, everything said is already listened to and analyzed.

That can very.

At least one version of the iPhone her kid the street of sound for the phrase, and sent everything to the bit bucket if it wasn't there.

Folded paper maps cannot be beaten. They provide the only big picture of roads in the entire state.

Never mind the big picture; I'd need maps with big letters!
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[SumGuy]

Yeah, that’s a big skip for me.

going to have to pull the fuse that controls the modem in the truck shortly. I don’t use the app for anything. I managed to live with all of my prior vehicles not having an app.

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