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> your voice, "private" conversations. Waymo microphones are only activated when you contact support.
by xnx 6mo ago
> your voice, "private" conversations.
Waymo microphones are only activated when you contact support.
- GuinansEyebrows 6mo agotruly not trying to be snarky here but i don't understand why you would place this level of trust in an Alphabet Inc brand.
- xnx 6mo agoOf all the organizations with access to my data (e.g. ISP, social networks, cellphone service provider, current US government, etc.), I absolutely trust Google the most. Do you think Google is lying about the microphone?
- GuinansEyebrows 6mo ago> I absolutely trust Google the most. why?
- hnav 6mo agorobust culture of data protection because of lots to lose
- GuinansEyebrows 6mo agohere's why i don't think that holds water: i no longer believe a company of alphabet's size cannot weather a "controversy" around surreptitious data collection. too many people accept this possibility as a matter of course. beyond PR, alphabet, like every other company at or near its size: * has obviously bribed the current administration * they can afford a relative slap on the wrist should any financial penalty be imposed * and of course, NSA letters continue to allow the federal government to receive whatever data they wish to ask for