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But Alexa and Google Home aren't always on listening devices in your home -- at least not any sense that matters. They are always-on, and they do have microphon
by discoursism 9y ago
But Alexa and Google Home aren't always on listening devices in your home -- at least not any sense that matters. They are always-on, and they do have microphones, but they are not recording every conversation and sending it to the mothership. You need to affirmatively request them to listen (via OK Google/Alexa/whatever hotword) before they are listening in a sense anyone should be concerned about.
- sokoloff 9y agoThat's true now (and I have several Alexa devices that I use daily and enjoy). They're only a silent, over-the-net firmware update away from having always-on capabilities, though.
- discoursism 9y agoThat and a reality inversion where this is in Amazon's or Google's best interest despite the massive blowback it would cause.