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> After all, the voice recognition in my Prius doesn't send recordings of my "call mom and dad mobile" back to Toyota and it certainly doesn't send random snipp
by anchpop 7y ago
> After all, the voice recognition in my Prius doesn't send recordings of my "call mom and dad mobile" back to Toyota and it certainly doesn't send random snippets of conversations my wife and I have to low paid contractors around the world.
How do you know? Is it not internet-connected?
- javagram 7y agoI don’t know about the Prius, but there are plenty of non-connected devices that support voice control. I have a Garmin GPS from like 8 years ago that did voice commands, it had zero transmit functionality.
- deepgrave4 7y agoIt amazes me that people make statements like this without exercising any critical thought on whether it's true or verifiable. OP's car probably tells Toyota how much OP weighs, instantaneous speed, how hard OP pushes the brakes, favorite radio stations, turn signal usage, headlight usage, every on-screen computer action, seatbelt usage, gas level, current location, and identity of all other Toyotas in the vicinity (and more: use your imagination). The car has (presumably) cameras and (clearly) microphone(s) and bluetooth/wifi. But OP has it on faith that Toyota respects OP's privacy, because...