9 ms·

Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home

• Silhouette 7y ago
  Interesting comments for anyone concerned about the privacy implications of having devices with cameras and microphones everywhere these days, particularly when it's other people's devices that someone might not be aware of and has almost never given consent to.
• LinuxBender 7y ago
  If I suspect someone has those, I order things. My friends have wised up and set their ordering to require logging in and approving the queue. Coworkers on video chat have learned that as well. "Alexa, play Manowar, kings of metal!"
  • Silhouette 7y ago
    I have never actually shouted "<activation word>, send all today's photos to my <relation>!" in a crowded restaurant, but as someone who believes in degrees of privacy and does not approve of large organisations having surveillance powers reaching almost everywhere, I would have some sympathy with anyone who did something like that...
    • LinuxBender 7y ago
      yeah, i don't typically shout things in a restaurant, these days anyway. But if a dystopian world is unfolding around me, all bets are off and I will be making the rules.