Paged through some and found an article on Speech Recognition [0]: Most interesting sentence: "Currently, it is not likely that such techniques would be used f

Paged through some and found an article on Speech Recognition [0]: Most interesting sentence: "Currently, it is not likely that such techniques would be used for domestic surveillance." Philosophical Issues The specter of Big Brother may not be of concern in Western society today, but the evolution of distributed intelligence among machines with speech-recognition capability certainly provides the technical base for monitoring our activities. In fact, the U.S. National Security Agency has developed what may be the world's most advanced speech-recognition algorithms. This system spots keywords in intercepted verbal transmissions from "unfriendly" nations. Currently, it is not likely that such techniques would be used for domestic surveillance. But speech technologists as well as the public must be aware of the potential loss of privacy. [0] - https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1984-01/page/n213 https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1984-01/page/n213