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Nest/Google Home devices have a hardware mute button. They are off when they are off.

saluki 7y ago
yeah, I believe the hardware mute button does mute the mic. That was more of a joke, are you sure they are off? I'm sure someone has or is testing that the hardware mute button works. I'm not against Nest/Google. I was always sporting Google T-Shirts and hats back in the day, telling everyone to use it and recommending their products. I'm just not sure on this product.
cptskippy 7y ago
> Nest/Google Home devices have a hardware mute button. They are off when they are off. Can you cite where Google says that the mute switch is a hardware kill switch for the mics? I've only read where they say that it doesn't listen but never that it physically disables the mics which means it's done in software and the device could be "muted" and still able to listen. Unless the mute switch is a physical disconnect for the microphones then it's no different than the Alexa's mute button. And don't forget Google's Nest Secure contains/ed undisclosed microphones and not physical mute button and Google wanted you to trust that it is/was disabled.
- teslafanboi22 7y ago
  Google it you lazy fuck, yes they repeatedly say it's a hardware disconnect
  - dang 7y ago
    Abusing HN like this will eventually get your main account banned as well, so please don't. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - cptskippy 7y ago
    What terms do I use to find these magical results? If I google "Google Nest Home Mute Hardware disconnect" for example, none of the results on the first page state it is a hardware disconnect. The support.google.com links all use vague language that never explicitly says there's a hardware disconnect. Just that the mute switch causes the microphones to be disabled. Interestingly the last result on first page is this: https://store.google.com/magazine/google_nest_privacy#ada2d2099fe21107 https://store.google.com/magazine/google_nest_privacy#ada2d2... And it's claims are known to be false. > Your device will only send audio to Google if we detect that you or someone in your home is interacting with your Assistant So I'm genuinely curious where all this information about the mute switch being a physical disconnect for the mics exists.
    - teslafanboi22 7y ago
      https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/8/23/20828854/google-home-mini-mute-switch-button-privacy-microphones https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/8/23/20828854/g...

yeah, I believe the hardware mute button does mute the mic. That was more of a joke, are you sure they are off? I'm sure someone has or is testing that the hardware mute button works. I'm not against Nest/Google. I was always sporting Google T-Shirts and hats back in the day, telling everyone to use it and recommending their products. I'm just not sure on this product.

cptskippy 7y ago

> Nest/Google Home devices have a hardware mute button. They are off when they are off. Can you cite where Google says that the mute switch is a hardware kill switch for the mics? I've only read where they say that it doesn't listen but never that it physically disables the mics which means it's done in software and the device could be "muted" and still able to listen. Unless the mute switch is a physical disconnect for the microphones then it's no different than the Alexa's mute button. And don't forget Google's Nest Secure contains/ed undisclosed microphones and not physical mute button and Google wanted you to trust that it is/was disabled.

teslafanboi22 7y ago
Google it you lazy fuck, yes they repeatedly say it's a hardware disconnect
- dang 7y ago
  Abusing HN like this will eventually get your main account banned as well, so please don't. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- cptskippy 7y ago
  What terms do I use to find these magical results? If I google "Google Nest Home Mute Hardware disconnect" for example, none of the results on the first page state it is a hardware disconnect. The support.google.com links all use vague language that never explicitly says there's a hardware disconnect. Just that the mute switch causes the microphones to be disabled. Interestingly the last result on first page is this: https://store.google.com/magazine/google_nest_privacy#ada2d2099fe21107 https://store.google.com/magazine/google_nest_privacy#ada2d2... And it's claims are known to be false. > Your device will only send audio to Google if we detect that you or someone in your home is interacting with your Assistant So I'm genuinely curious where all this information about the mute switch being a physical disconnect for the mics exists.
  - teslafanboi22 7y ago
    https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/8/23/20828854/google-home-mini-mute-switch-button-privacy-microphones https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/8/23/20828854/g...