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FTA: "Bundling of services and lack of granular choices - If the user wants features such as Google Assistant and photos sorted by location, Google turns on inv
by daveguy 8y ago
FTA: "Bundling of services and lack of granular choices - If the user wants features such as Google Assistant and photos sorted by location, Google turns on invasive location tracking."
I unplugged my google home precisely for this reason. It wouldn't operate with all kinds of web and location tracking turned on. And when I turned them off it would only respond with something along the lines of "you have to turn on <tracking_feature_x> for google home to work properly."
The hell I do. Amazon doesn't require me to turn stuff like that on to work just fine.
It was blatant and a bit nauseating. After that I understood the google-free movement very well.
I would still like an all-on-site voice assistant that respects privacy.
- _underfl0w_ 8y agoThere was an article posted here recently about a device that feeds white noise to devices like that until you give the new device they keyword it's looking for. It was supposed to look like a fungus or something. Lemme see if I can find the article... Wouldn't help with location tracking, but might put your mind partially at ease if you own a creepy home assistant thing.
- darkpuma 8y agoProject Alias. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18903289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18903289