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The main function of a phone is to make phone calls. In order to do that, it activates a microphone during the call. This is not the same as listening, never m
by blub 7y ago
The main function of a phone is to make phone calls. In order to do that, it activates a microphone during the call.
This is not the same as listening, never mind always listening.
A home assistant must always listen in order to recognize the activation words.
- fastball 7y agoIf you don't trust home assistant vendors to not randomly send non-queries to the cloud, I'm not sure why you'd trust phone vendors to not have the microphone on when you haven't given it permission.
- blub 7y agoThe latter is more unlikely compared to the former, which is by design. Furthermore, at least on iOS Siri can be completely turned off through a configuration profile. This is a reasonable approach for someone whose thread model allows them to use a smartphone...