Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for August 09, 2024

Poor Arlo

Not everything……

I am thinking the night did not go like Arlo wanted it to.

My wife for one will not allow any such devices near her. As for me I too am in Arlo’s class. I’m usually asked for answers to questions I really don’t remember.

Almost.

zzzzzzzzzzzz…zzzzzzzzzzzzz…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..

Not only do your devices listen to you, but they connect with your spouse’s devices and you start getting ads for things they’re interested in. What is really nasty is if it’s getting around holiday time and they start shopping for your gift and you see what they’re shopping for. Then your gift isn’t a surprise.

Everything, but not everybody.

I’m trying to figure out if Arlo is tired, hasn’t drank his coffee yet, or something else. He looks dazed.. while Janis is just creeped out…

A phone with a Camera, You Hope it was only listening. (Don’t check the dark Web)

Except for Arlo?

Little devices have big ears.

It’s a nuisance, for certain. Then, the phone questions you, “Are you SURE you want to delete?” Yes, I’m sure, you A.I. A-H – delete!

It really does happen……the price we pay for this technology will have to be paid for at some point. Who can really be trusted these days? For example: Yesterday, I got a weird question from an employee of Spectrum who was following up on an order I placed for new service that morning. All legit….I’m sure, but why would Spectrum want to know what State my Social Security Card was issued from? And that would have been nearly 60 years ago.Go Figure????

Stop complaining Janis. At best you allow the spying, at worst you enable and encourage it.

Always take a good look around when renting a place through VRBO. 2 words. Nanny cam’s.

He only is hearing yadda, yadda, yadda, nightgown, yadda, yadda. Seems pretty tired this morning, wonder why?

This got a genuine laugh from me. Oh, and by the way Janis, you now have alternate audiences!

What? Did you say something?

Huh…. Did you say something?

The phone and TV don’t need coffee to get booted.

That’s why I never connect anything but computers and sometimes phones to my wifi. There’s no reason at all for my TV set to connect to the internet when I have just a nice a screen on my home computer to watch anything streaming in full-screen mode. And I certainly don’t need my Netflix, etc redirected through the TV manufacturer’s server, which it has no (honorable) business doing in the first place.

Looks like Janis rocked his world last night :D

If this is the following morning from yesterday’s arc, what is Janis doing awake, out of bed, and talking to Arlo so early in the morning? Arlo hasn’t had time to adjust his complaint dampeners to Janis’ prattle at this time of day. No wonder he looks dazed!

Google’s a monopoly. How’d you think they came up with that 20 Billion every year for Apple?

This one really hit my funny-bone. ☺️

Almost everything!

except my husband …

You DEEF, son?!?

LOL! Women! Always over exaggerating the issues. (Thunk! sound of frying pan hitting the back of the skull…)

Give Arlo a break! He was up all night looking at Janis in nightgowns!

Facebook is the worst, I don’t use it. I get almost no ads, even though I buy auto parts and other stuff for the house all time on the internet.

Funny, I never have that problem. Feature phone, dumb TV, don’t even have a microphone or camera on my computer. 38 years in IT taught me to K.I.S.S.

Arlo is still in last night mode…..half asleep!

It’s not “just you”, Janis . All of our latest tech items have AI enhanced programming that not only listens to us but transmits what it hears back to where the item was made, for evaluation.

Everything but still not everyone.,….

This strip gave me my first full-out laugh I’ve had in a while. As for the unavoidable surveillance; we live in a microwave oven with 2-way mirrored walls, but only advanced AI could do anything with the overwhelming mass of data, so keywords and less commonly location, are the tripwires. Getting enough power to run the current iteration of AI is getting more attention than electricity to underserved nation’s healthcare.

And your smart TV is watching you….Kinky..

Good one, Jimmy!

Arlo’s still picturing the changing of nightgowns….

Maybe you shoudn’t look at your phone so much.

Hope my wife does not see this one…

This is common complaint, everything is listening to me, but my spouse.

Except Arlo and the cat.

Did Alexa list your correct size or was she jealous?

Alexa? but not Arlo

LOL! Snort!!!

That is truly creepy.

Men…they never listen!

I ALWAYS turn off every “personalization” option. I have never seen how “targeted” advertising benefits me. It just makes me a target for ads designed to catch my eye. Random ads have no effect on me.

At least you’re not being ignored…mostly.

That’s why smart TVs and help from Alexa or Siri are out of the question for me. I just hope Amazon’s Fire Stick doesn’t have ears (or eyes).

Except….

LOL… @ Arlo Space Cadet

I posted this recently but IDR where:

youtube.cOm/watch?v=dKGgKGS2VCQ&t=30s

A lob.

Funny thing: something similar happened to me. A coworker & I were talking about Frank Frazetta for a bit & after work I was checking Facebook only to find Frazetta ads all over it. I hadn’t looked anything up & it had been in my pocket the entire conversation. It was weird!