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But they do have recordings of everything said to Alexa ("Alexa, how fast will a body decompose in a hot tub?"), and potentially other recordings following fals
by iak8god 10y ago
But they do have recordings of everything said to Alexa ("Alexa, how fast will a body decompose in a hot tub?"), and potentially other recordings following false positives for "Alexa", as the article mentions: "...the device is also occasionally accidentally activated, through similar sounds..."
I used to have Google's voice search on my phone, and found it interesting that they store your recordings indefinitely. You can listen to your own voice searches: https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity?restrict=vaa https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity?restrict=vaa. It was also interesting that they include what was said in the few seconds preceding the wake word ("OK Google").
- toxican 10y agoLooked at mine and most of it is mundane/useless stuff like "open Spotify", "How many ounces in 13 lbs", etc. But there are some "text so and so: hey meet me wherever" type recordings...I find that little concerning, but not entirely unexpected. I like that there's an option to delete all of that info, but is it -really- deleted? Or just hidden from my view and kept on Google's servers and still associated with my account?
- iak8god 10y agoI just assume, unless they super-duper promise to truly purge it, that Google is hanging on to every bit.
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- supergeek133 10y agoRight, and the police asked for this data on the off chance it recorded something useful during this period. They aren't assuming Amazon holds everything said in proximity of the device.