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Did you just miss the "It only sends info to Google's servers after hearing the 'hot word'" part? It's not like these devices are open microphones pushing data
by lsaferite 10y ago
Did you just miss the "It only sends info to Google's servers after hearing the 'hot word'" part?
It's not like these devices are open microphones pushing data to Amazon/Google/Microsoft. They use onboard processing to detect their personal wake words and then stream your audio until a defined audio gap. That is then processed into text and kicks off the automated routines. Do they analyze this for ad-related keywords? Perhaps (Probably), but that is a different argument that is valid vs. an invalid argument that it's always streaming.
- eli_gottlieb 10y ago> Did you just miss the "It only sends info to Google's servers after hearing the 'hot word'" part? And where's the guarantee of that? Can we see the code? Can we turn off the microphones in hardware?
- jxy 10y agoJust like every laptop/phone/tablet has a built-in microphone and we can't turn it off either. All it takes is for Apple/Microsoft/Google/Amazon to push a system update, and, voila~~~ Skynet listens to all.