But they aren't 'always listening' It's already happened (accidentally, in this case): http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/11/technology/google-home-mini-security-fla

But they aren't 'always listening' It's already happened (accidentally, in this case): http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/11/technology/google-home-mini-security-flaw/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/11/technology/google-home-mini-... And it will continue to happen, because "prevent this from happening at all cost" isn't a development mandate for the device, and won't be, because they would prefer to capture everything. Google famously captured wifi network and street view data after they were specifically instructed not to by the court -- why would they fail to avail themselves of information that's right there in this case?