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Amazon FireTv Cube scares the shit out of me (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just received a new Fire TV cube gen 3, because my old one is malfunctioning. I know, I hate these devices myself, but it's the only option right now, since a new version of the Nvidia shield isn't coming in the foreseeable future.

So, I plugged in the power chord and the HDMI cable into the cube.

When it booted up it showed a screen that it's downloading the newest update. At first I thought this must be some typo-bug on the initial boot steps, because I haven't even connected it to the internet yet, neither via cable nor did I go through the wifi setup.

After the update has finished, I was greeted with my real name and the cube indeed had the actual WiFi settings!

WTF?! How's that even possible?

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Did you order it using your Amazon account? I think they pre-configure them for you unless you say “this is a gift” when ordering.

[+] [email protected] -12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

yes I did order it with my Amazon account

However, as appreciative as I am for making my setup process easier, I'm also not happy with the fact, that some random dude had access to my device prior to me.

Who says he's not part of some weird group installing miners or bots onto my device causing it to slow down over time?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

it's probably automated

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

so much better. Instead of a human seeing it, your personal info is now a part of the amazon machine. IMHO it’s even more terrifying to know it’s automated than it would be if some kid unboxed it off the assembly line and personally typed your shit in off a piece of paper.

God I’m old.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, if you’re ordering from Amazon, your personal info was already “part of the Amazon machine.”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Oh, I know. Was more a reaction to the absurdity of the sentiment that automation was somehow less creepy.