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Well they've named it Google Assistant. I think I'd prefer "ok/hey assistant".
by spurgu 6y ago
Well they've named it Google Assistant. I think I'd prefer "ok/hey assistant".
- petepete 6y ago"Hey Larry"
- Dolores12 6y ago"Hey Sergey" is more catchy
- ksaj 6y agoI'd prefer it be treated like passwords - upon installation, you should change the default immediately. I refuse to use a service that requires me to say its globally recognized name so often I will probably become brainwashed to it. And then there's the older hacks with TV commercials that took advantage of those defaults, and the (cooler) hypersonic transmitted voice command attacks, or the ones delivered by vibrating the device's microphone with a laser, etc. None of these attacks would have worked if the product trigger wasn't so predictable from the get-go. Eventually even Raspberry Pi stopped using the default pi/raspberry default combination. How we invoke our voice-activated programs should be treated with equal care.
- saagarjha 6y agoI assume this lets the wakeword listening model be simpler.
- Jeff_Brown 6y agoCall me childish but I think "OK <profane insult>" would take a long time to wear thin.
- Fanmade 6y agoThis reminds me of the great Sci-fi book series "Old Man's War", where the soldiers get a thought-controlled computer called "Brain Pal™" installed in their head. After installation they first have to choose a name and almost everyone uses a swear word for that. The main protagonist then keeps activating it with the phrase "Hey Asshole". I'm pretty sure that this book came out way before Google Assistant.
- MR4D 6y ago> I'm pretty sure that this book came out way before Google Assistant. Or maybe not. /s /h
- meowface 6y agoFuckface, play Beethoven's 5th.
- spurgu 6y ago"Hey fuckface"
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