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I own 4 Home Minis, 1 Home and 2 Home hubs I honestly don't care so long as my data is used to improve the functionality and stability of my investment. It is q

I own 4 Home Minis, 1 Home and 2 Home hubs I honestly don't care so long as my data is used to improve the functionality and stability of my investment. It is quite another thing if they are selling my conversations to third-party vendors.

groovybits 7y ago
Per article: > The man, who wants to remain anonymous, works for an international company hired by Google. His job is to listen to the audio clips and to write out what he hears, so that Google can improve the speech assistant. So, > It is quite another thing if they are selling my conversations to third-party vendors. That is exactly what Google is doing.
- bagacrap 7y ago
  "Selling" is when you trade goods for money. Google is paying money for a service. Pretty much the opposite of selling.
  - groovybits 7y ago
    The concern remains the same though: Making user data available to a non-Google entity. Do you care if Google makes money off of that trade? Really, they get value one way or another, because the analysis is incorporated back into the product.
- thekyle 7y ago
  You really have to twist the definition of the word "selling" to say that Google is selling data to their contracted workers.
mLuby 7y ago
1. If the company has recordings, governments can hoover them up. And once one govt agency has them, sometimes other agencies get access. 2. Sounds like you're okay with Google using your private communication to enhance its products. So they can target you with ads based on your conversations with your spouse, children, or colleagues. 3. I just hope the algorithms understand context: Your spouse: son, put down the gun and come to dinner. [jokingly] Oh no, don't shoot! Argh you killed me, now eat your peas. You: we're going to kill it this quarter. They'll never know what hit them. TV in background: "kept their body chained in a basement. That and more at 11" Siri: O__o
- bduerst 7y ago
  Only if the government subpoenas your data individually. Also, the recorded data in this case is stripped of PII, meaning it's not linked to you. If you're still worried because you told Google your social security number, you can review what is stored, opt-out, and even mass delete the recordings at myactivity.google.com.
  - deepgrave4 7y ago
    So you have faith that the government operates within the confines of the laws that it makes for itself, and faith that google is not sharing its data with government agencies or that google has not been infiltrated by government assets, and you have faith that google strips the PII from your data, and faith that when you tell google you want to opt out that they opt you out, and faith that when you want to delete something, google deletes it for you. If everyone simply plays by the rules, then there's nothing to worry about.

groovybits 7y ago

Per article: > The man, who wants to remain anonymous, works for an international company hired by Google. His job is to listen to the audio clips and to write out what he hears, so that Google can improve the speech assistant. So, > It is quite another thing if they are selling my conversations to third-party vendors. That is exactly what Google is doing.

bagacrap 7y ago
"Selling" is when you trade goods for money. Google is paying money for a service. Pretty much the opposite of selling.
- groovybits 7y ago
  The concern remains the same though: Making user data available to a non-Google entity. Do you care if Google makes money off of that trade? Really, they get value one way or another, because the analysis is incorporated back into the product.
thekyle 7y ago
You really have to twist the definition of the word "selling" to say that Google is selling data to their contracted workers.

mLuby 7y ago

1. If the company has recordings, governments can hoover them up. And once one govt agency has them, sometimes other agencies get access. 2. Sounds like you're okay with Google using your private communication to enhance its products. So they can target you with ads based on your conversations with your spouse, children, or colleagues. 3. I just hope the algorithms understand context: Your spouse: son, put down the gun and come to dinner. [jokingly] Oh no, don't shoot! Argh you killed me, now eat your peas. You: we're going to kill it this quarter. They'll never know what hit them. TV in background: "kept their body chained in a basement. That and more at 11" Siri: O__o

bduerst 7y ago
Only if the government subpoenas your data individually. Also, the recorded data in this case is stripped of PII, meaning it's not linked to you. If you're still worried because you told Google your social security number, you can review what is stored, opt-out, and even mass delete the recordings at myactivity.google.com.
- deepgrave4 7y ago
  So you have faith that the government operates within the confines of the laws that it makes for itself, and faith that google is not sharing its data with government agencies or that google has not been infiltrated by government assets, and you have faith that google strips the PII from your data, and faith that when you tell google you want to opt out that they opt you out, and faith that when you want to delete something, google deletes it for you. If everyone simply plays by the rules, then there's nothing to worry about.