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I don't own one, but I wish these speakers were smart enough to recognize their owner's voice. The number of podcasts I listen to where the hosts have banned sa
by CannisterFlux 8y ago
I don't own one, but I wish these speakers were smart enough to recognize their owner's voice. The number of podcasts I listen to where the hosts have banned saying "Alexa" and "Hey Google" is silly. They say it then apologize, or use Echo or say Hey G instead. It seems like something of a security flaw to me, as if websites had to avoid having "rm" on them in case it triggered file removal.
- apahwa 8y agoGoogle home does, it actually applies some amount of security using voice recognition. you can see it in action if you use a Harmony Hub. my voice has access to control my electronics but my guests can't
- Eridrus 8y agoThey can both recognize your voice. Not sure about the Echo, but the Google Home doesn't do anything even remotely sensitive unless it recognizes your voice, but it will do things that don't require auth, e.g. answering questions, playing music etc. I don't know what the false reject rates are, but they're non-zero, and failing to respond to the weather because they weren't sure it was you seems like a bad trade-off for most people.