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AFAIK, every one of these devices does nothing until a "wake word" is heard, and only then do they record+send. Having all of the devices listening all the tim
by Karunamon 11y ago
AFAIK, every one of these devices does nothing until a "wake word" is heard, and only then do they record+send.
Having all of the devices listening all the time would be a bandwidth and power nightmare, if not for the sender, for the receiver.
- mavhc 11y agoCorrect, of course it can activate accidentally. https://history.google.com/history/audio https://history.google.com/history/audio has a list of all audio recorded
- jimktrains2 11y agoWhat about accidental triggers of the wake word? What about planted "wake words" to record people discussion "inappropriate" things?
- cthalupa 11y agoFor the Echo, at least, it has to use your home network, so you could pretty easily run a packet capture to see if it's ever sending audio out when you don't want it to. Harder for things with cellular data, though.
- jimktrains2 11y agoIt's a cat-and-mouse game: What if it only sent the clandestine information when it picks up the "normal" word? The point is you don't control the device or its software.