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>It has not been normal until the last few years for people to typically have an Alexa-like device that is always listening for the "I'm about to make a request
by EpicEng 7y ago
>It has not been normal until the last few years for people to typically have an Alexa-like device that is always listening for the "I'm about to make a request" signal, which frequently gets turned on by accident.
Google Now: 2012
Siri: 2010
Microphones in cell phones: longer than those two.
It hasn't only been a few years.
- SilasX 7y agoI’m referring to voice activated assistants, and I was referring to the case when the typical (middle class) household had one, which happened long after their initial release (and arguably hasn’t even happened yet, depending on how you define “typical”).
- EpicEng 7y agoSiri and Google now are both voice activated. Who wasn't using Android or iOS when they launched?
- SilasX 7y agoAgain, the question is how long it's been common for the typical person to have the voice activated one in their home. Stop changing the question. In any case, 4 years vs 10 years doesn't matter. The point is, a court hasn't addressed it in the context of changing norms, at which point I claim there is a danger that it will re-evaluate what counts as private, just as OP was.
- kick 7y agoSiri wasn't voice-activated until a couple (few?) years ago. Google Now never was, to my knowledge, though I could be wrong.
- rhizome 7y agoHasn't Google Now (and now Assistant) always required a button/icon press before the mic turned on? And they only understand "OK Google" until after you say "OK Google?"
- filoleg 7y agosame with Alexa devices. There is a separate hardware chip that activates the rest of the stuff only after you say the trigger word. Which is also the reason for why you cannot choose an arbitrary word to activate the device with, you can only choose between about 4 different preset activation words in the settings.