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In my network of friends and family, only 3 households have taken up using Google Home. I've asked what they use it for and they've all responded with, "I ask i
by whytaka 6y ago
In my network of friends and family, only 3 households have taken up using Google Home. I've asked what they use it for and they've all responded with, "I ask it to play jazz and tell me the weather."
I brought up the concept of Big Brother and concerns about privacy. 2 of them responded with, "Well I've got nothing to hide." The holdout said, "yeah..."
We tried asking Google Assistant an interesting question about the world and some rankings of countries. It disappointed.
I've asked them all to turn off the device when I'm present.
- nobody9999 6y ago>I've asked them all to turn off the device when I'm present. You might want to try a variation on this[0] to make sure. Yes, it's obnoxious. But not nearly as obnoxious as exposing you to surveillance, IMHO. [0] https://xkcd.com/1807/ https://xkcd.com/1807/