#microphones — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #microphones, aggregated by home.social.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/117242363654801025
Not only that.
These microphones can pick up extremely far away noise, including voices.
They are literally permanent surveillance systems that can be abused and will be abused as history has shown over and over.One more reason for forbidding any electronic devices during school hours.
"Yes... but my kids needs them, to reach me, to take pics of the board, to ..." - somebody
If your kids need electronic devices at shcool, those should be provided by the school in a learning context. BYOD (bring your own device) should never apply for learning environments.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/117242363654801025
Not only that.
These microphones can pick up extremely far away noise, including voices.
They are literally permanent surveillance systems that can be abused and will be abused as history has shown over and over.One more reason for forbidding any electronic devices during school hours.
"Yes... but my kids needs them, to reach me, to take pics of the board, to ..." - somebody
If your kids need electronic devices at shcool, those should be provided by the school in a learning context. BYOD (bring your own device) should never apply for learning environments.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/117242363654801025
Not only that.
These microphones can pick up extremely far away noise, including voices.
They are literally permanent surveillance systems that can be abused and will be abused as history has shown over and over.One more reason for forbidding any electronic devices during school hours.
"Yes... but my kids needs them, to reach me, to take pics of the board, to ..." - somebody
If your kids need electronic devices at shcool, those should be provided by the school in a learning context. BYOD (bring your own device) should never apply for learning environments.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/117242363654801025
Not only that.
These microphones can pick up extremely far away noise, including voices.
They are literally permanent surveillance systems that can be abused and will be abused as history has shown over and over.One more reason for forbidding any electronic devices during school hours.
"Yes... but my kids needs them, to reach me, to take pics of the board, to ..." - somebody
If your kids need electronic devices at shcool, those should be provided by the school in a learning context. BYOD (bring your own device) should never apply for learning environments.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/117242363654801025
Not only that.
These microphones can pick up extremely far away noise, including voices.
They are literally permanent surveillance systems that can be abused and will be abused as history has shown over and over.One more reason for forbidding any electronic devices during school hours.
"Yes... but my kids needs them, to reach me, to take pics of the board, to ..." - somebody
If your kids need electronic devices at shcool, those should be provided by the school in a learning context. BYOD (bring your own device) should never apply for learning environments.
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The Listener Will See You Now
Ambient AI now records the conversation at the hospital bed and the exam table. The microphone is optional, for the moment. The receptionist slid a tablet across the counter and asked, in the bright tone reserved for upgrades, whether I would consent to let the clinic "AI Listen" to the appointment. Percy and Lotty, The Boles Brits, were already complaining inside their carrier, due for the rabies shots the state requires. The pitch was efficiency. The software would listen to my conversation with the veterinarian, transcribe it, and "ambient scribe" the care notes so the doctor could spend less time typing and more time with the animals. I declined. There was a checkbox for that, which I noted with the small relief of a man who has read the next paragraph before signing the first. […]https://bolesblogs.com/2026/06/01/the-listener-will-see-you-now/