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And you know that this actually stops it from listening to you how, exactly?
by mikeash 9y ago
And you know that this actually stops it from listening to you how, exactly?
- eikenberry 9y agoI'd assume because they don't want the liability. Believe it or not most companies take this sort of thing very seriously and don't want to open themselves up to lawsuits.
- mikeash 9y agoWhy doesn't that logic also apply to Amazon promising not to transmit anything unless it hears the trigger word?
- ianai 9y agoFor one, my battery life improves with it turned off.
- mikeash 9y agoMeasured, or merely observed? I wouldn't trust casual observation for something like this. In any case, there are other explanations for this than the feature doing what it says. Recording takes less power than constantly running a neural net over the audio to see if you said the trigger phrase. If you really don't trust the manufacturer, they could even artificially use excess power when the feature is enabled, just to make it look like it's doing something extra. Or they might not be listening to you 24/7, but only at selected times. There really is no way to verify that your phone isn't listening to you when it's not supposed to be.