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> I'm just wondering why you draw the line at "Alex/Google/Apple assistant device" There’s a big difference between: - Devices which are by design always acti
by confounded 8y ago
> I'm just wondering why you draw the line at "Alex/Google/Apple assistant device"
There’s a big difference between:
- Devices which are by design always actively listening and sending real-time audio to computers you can’t control or even really trust, with unknown security properties, and consumer-appliance security life-cycles/support
- Devices that can be configured to do that, but which you have some control over (phones, laptops, etc.) and generally won’t, without some form of consent (even if via a dark pattern, e.g. LinkedIn on Android).
- ryanlol 8y ago>Devices which are by design always actively listening and sending real-time audio to computers you can’t control Oh, what devices are these? >Devices that can be configured to do that, but which you have some control over ... and generally won’t, without some form of consent Ah, so you mean like "Alex/Google/Apple assistant devices"?
- givinguflac 8y agoTo be fair, Apple’s homepod doesn’t send any data until it’s activated with the wake word. Amazon and google products send a ton of data back constantly.
- wilsonnb 8y agoWhere have you read that Amazon and Google send a ton of data back? I've heard that none of these devices send anything back until they're activated by a specific phrase.
- givinguflac 8y agoI've seen and blocked it on my own network.
- floatingatoll 8y agoThere’s a third distinction that separates devices: - Devices that have the ability to perform unsafe behaviors such as “record a conversation and share it to someone else”. Is it possible to ask a HomePod to transmit an audio recording of a conversation?