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What’s Privacy?

April 16, 2022 8 Comments

By Peggy Gerber

Desi had always been skeptical of internet devices, so when her husband asked for an Echo Dot for his birthday, she moaned, “Please think of something else. You never know who might be listening.”

“Desi, I just want to listen to music when I shave. Stop being so paranoid.”

She grudgingly relented and they put the new gadget near the sink.

A few days later, Desi noticed the device seemed to glow brighter each time she used the toilet. It made her skin crawl.

When she started getting Facebook ads for Kaopectate, Desi smashed Alexa into a million pieces.

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  1. Helen C says

    April 16, 2022 at 7:03 am

    Very funny and I feel like that about Alexa!

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  2. Yolanda Joosten says

    April 16, 2022 at 9:06 am

    Very funny! I’ve always been leery of Alexa.

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  3. Jessalyn says

    April 16, 2022 at 9:52 am

    Such a funny story! I hate those things!

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  4. Alan Wahnefried says

    April 16, 2022 at 4:27 pm

    Is this a true story?

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  5. Brother says

    April 17, 2022 at 2:11 pm

    Okay very funny and cute. A little bit of mom in there

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  6. Brother says

    April 17, 2022 at 2:12 pm

    A fine story from an up and coming superstar!!

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  7. Dawn says

    April 17, 2022 at 4:43 pm

    Lol
    Alexa is a spy! Good one!

    Reply
  8. Marie Johnson-Ladson says

    April 22, 2022 at 7:21 pm

    This is a funny story but scary to think you may have a spy in the house!

    Reply

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