CMS Author MikeRivers Posted April 20, 2017 CMS Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 An owner of Bose QuietComfort 35 wireless headphones has filed a "privacy infringement" lawsuit accusing Bose of collecting file names that he listens. As I interpret the article, the headphones themselves don't contact Bose, but work through an app on a mobile device or computer that's connected to the Internet. Along with the file name, the headphones also send their serial number. As long as the owner has registered the headphones (for warranty support), they know who you are and what you listen to. Obviously this is a marketable commodity to people who sell music, but there's another issue. Suppose you listen to a podcast about politics, or business, or drugs, an illness, or building pipe bombs. They also know that you're interested in those things. Creepy. The filing also alleges that Bose wasn't just collecting the information. It was also sharing it with a data mining company called Segment.io Here's a link to the full article in The Washington Post: http://tinyurl.com/kgqz3hr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted April 21, 2017 Members Share Posted April 21, 2017 Far the lesser than this stuff. http://www.harmonycentral.com/forum/forum/Music_Bus/acapella-13/31958985-new-ear-training-technology-idea-feedback#post31958985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members audioicon Posted April 21, 2017 Members Share Posted April 21, 2017 An owner of Bose QuietComfort 35 wireless headphones has filed a "privacy infringement" lawsuit accusing Bose of collecting file names that he listens. As I interpret the article, the headphones themselves don't contact Bose, but work through an app on a mobile device or computer that's connected to the Internet. Along with the file name, the headphones also send their serial number. As long as the owner has registered the headphones (for warranty support), they know who you are and what you listen to. Obviously this is a marketable commodity to people who sell music, but there's another issue. Suppose you listen to a podcast about politics, or business, or drugs, an illness, or building pipe bombs. They also know that you're interested in those things. Creepy. The filing also alleges that Bose wasn't just collecting the information. It was also sharing it with a data mining company called Segment.io Here's a link to the full article in The Washington Post: http://tinyurl.com/kgqz3hr I think what is concerning is the part you do not know, those areas that are never made public. But come to think of it, I am not sure what any company would benefit out of getting my info because I simply never bite. In 2003 I purchased a Kirby Vacuum from a sales guy who lived in the neighborhood. That was it. Regardless, this does not take away from the fact that nothing is private. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted April 21, 2017 Author CMS Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 Well, I suppose it might get confused if I was wearing them when mixing a DAW project - not that I'd mix wearing Bose wireless headphones. But I'd be playing the file using software that knows who I am (so I can get updates). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted April 22, 2017 Members Share Posted April 22, 2017 Can't exclude telepathic feedback loops either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted April 22, 2017 Moderators Share Posted April 22, 2017 between Alexa, Cortana, Echo and all these other 'assistants' which are blessed [read: foisted] upon us by the tech mavens of the Earth, nothing is private if you fall into the trap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted April 22, 2017 Members Share Posted April 22, 2017 Rule one of information theory states that if (it) be, then (it) leak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted April 22, 2017 Members Share Posted April 22, 2017 To me a far worse application is Google Hire. Rumor has it that Google is getting ready to sell your search results to any company that's interested in hiring you. Then again, I wonder about the accuracy of the conclusions it draws. For about a month, Google thought I was a single black guy living in Ghana. For another month it thought I was a cat owner because I went to buy some cat food for a neighbor. If it checks my search results, it will likely conclude I have at least 100 different personalities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted April 22, 2017 Author CMS Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 Uh-oh! If I ever expect to get work from an audio company. I'd better delete all of my searches for banjos and banjo music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mandolin Picker Posted April 22, 2017 Members Share Posted April 22, 2017 Paddle FASTER!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 To me a far worse application is Google Hire. Rumor has it that Google is getting ready to sell your search results to any company that's interested in hiring you. That's a big class-action lawsuit waiting to happen. Googling what a prospective job applicant has posted online is one thing - it's their own words and they put them up of their own free will... but revealing what people search for and attempting to draw conclusions about them based on that is a unauthorized invasion of personal privacy, and I don't believe their TOS allows them to sell that information or discloses that they can / may do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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