Lawsuits say Siri and Google are listening, even when they’re not supposed to (washingtonpost.com) 9 points by abdusm 4y ago ↗ HN
[–] CodeWriter23 4y ago ↗ My opinion, by default voice assistants should be push-to-talk and allow the user to opt in for voice activation. Secure and private by default.
[–] bradwood 4y ago ↗ Of course they are. How would they know you said "hey Google/Siri" otherwise? [–] simonblack 4y ago ↗ Exactly. For the life of me, I can't see how some people are so logically impaired that they couldn't work that out for themselves.But then again, my brother bought a mobile phone but kept it switched off unless he wanted to talk to somebody.
[–] simonblack 4y ago ↗ Exactly. For the life of me, I can't see how some people are so logically impaired that they couldn't work that out for themselves.But then again, my brother bought a mobile phone but kept it switched off unless he wanted to talk to somebody.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 10.3 ms ] threadBut then again, my brother bought a mobile phone but kept it switched off unless he wanted to talk to somebody.