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> I have a HomePod that I have to manually press the touch button on top for it to listen What's the difference? You trust it not to listen without the button
by StavrosK 6y ago
> I have a HomePod that I have to manually press the touch button on top for it to listen
What's the difference? You trust it not to listen without the button press, I trust it to not listen without the wake word. To think that the distinction is meaningful is wishful thinking.
- dunnevens 6y agoIt's kinda meaningful. Wake words can be sometimes triggered by accident. Or by things like that commercial from a few years ago. A physical button press avoids all that.
- thebean11 6y agoSo the worry is that it will be triggered accidentally and hear something you didn't intend it to, then that tiny, rarely occurring piece of data will be used against you?
- ballenf 6y agoI just see listening for a trigger word as surveillance. Your (and your guests) every word is analyzed and at least temporarily saved somewhere outside your control.
- StavrosK 6y agoIt's analyzed on the device, which is not outside your control. Besides, how do you know the same isn't true of the physical button?