Smart devices in the confessional

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The alternatives are to risk forgetting something, or writing it down on a piece of paper that gets dropped.
 
Another alternative is not to write anything down or type anything into a device, but just confess the sins you remember and that are on your mind. That’s what people did for centuries.
 
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Yeah… Facebook creeped me out once with an ad that seemed to be related to something I’d just said in Confession, so now I take it out if my pocket beforehand.
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I wonder if these smart devices are secretly recording the confession.

That will be violating the confessional seal.
 
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vz71 said:
I would go ahead and write it.
I assume no other identifiable information is on it.
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And then write the name of someone who ticked me off earlier in the day in big letters at the top of the page?😆😂
 
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And then write the name of someone who ticked me off earlier in the day in big letters at the top of the page?😆😂
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That actually happened to me once.
Something similar was left on a copy machine where I worked. And they signed my name to it.

This kicked off an investigation that saw 2 people fired.
 
  1. I refuse to try to operate anything smarter than I am.
  2. In the confessional? Can we even breathe without staring at these things?
  3. Priorities! “Smart phone” does not reside in the Tabernacle.
  4. Neither Siri nor Alexa save us.
  5. Technology does have a use: “Beam me up, Mr. Scott!”
 
vz71 said:
That actually happened to me once.
Something similar was left on a copy machine where I worked. And they signed my name to it.

This kicked off an investigation that saw 2 people fired.
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That’s horrible! But glad to see justice was served.

For the record, I was joking. That’s not something I’d never do.
 
If they here it in the confessional I’m sure they heard or logged the sins while you were committing them.
 
We have the Holy Spirit and our guardian angel to help us remember our sins. As long as your are doing your honest best in thinking about your sins and making a full disclosure, that’s sufficient. Any sins unintentionally left out (forgot) are forgiven. Though, if it’s mortal, mention it during your next confession.
 
I don’t really get this kind of paranoia. I’m simply not interesting enough to be tracked.

Maybe some of you live 007 lives.
 
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That’s hilarious! You mean to tell me that these devices will actually listen in, detect the sound of falling water, and deduce that a person is showering?

Also, doesn’t almost everyone shower? Why target a specific person with soap ads. The world is an absurd place. XD
 
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Margaret_Ann said:
When i attended retreat years ago, the priest told us NOT to use a smartphone for your sins because you might forget to delete them and that would be very bad if another party saw them.
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Seems to me to be a matter of personal, prudential judgment. Most apps are password protected, which is slightly more protection then you would have if you wrote your sins out on a piece of paper. Plenty of people use written lists in confession.
 
Believable enough. I actually did a bit of an experiment of my own a little while ago… I decided to talk ad naseum about cars for about 60-90 seconds right before opening facebook. Sure enough, the first thing that popped up on my timeline was an ad from one of my friends, posted a mere minute before I logged on, advertising that he was selling his car… Go figure.
 
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This is why hubby and I want nothing to do with these voice activated devices like Alexa and some others.

And I don’t care for those Ring Doorbell so-called security systems. Somebody got around one of those and was able to peer into the bedroom of an 8-year-old girl. The company blamed the customer (as is often the case when these things happen) for having a “weak password”.

First, I don’t like talking to machines, including telephone answering machines. If that’s the only way I can reach someone, I’ll leave a message and my number, but if it isn’t urgent, I’ll wait until I can talk to a live human being.

I absolutely hate those automated telephone systems when I try to call the customer service department of some business I’ve dealt with. The last time I called one, I was put on hold for 20 minutes, had to finally hang up, and the next time I was still put on hold for 20 minutes. Nobody ever did get back to me by phone, and I finally had to e-mail them.

I feel we are way overly-automated, today. It might be convenient in some ways, but when we are so dependent upon technology that we can no longer think for ourselves or be self-sufficient without it, that’s a real problem.
 
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