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Re:Google Home by noonespecial on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @02:45PM (#11724609)
Its not that I don't think that Google and Amazon are probably acting in my best interests now. They probably are. Also not that I think that the government couldn't spy on me if they wanted to. They could.

The scenario that worries me is that years from now, Google and Amazon may be coerced into turning over what I said yesterday to a corrupt government fishing through the past for word-crime. And boy-howdy, it turns out they recorded everything and retained it forever. Surprise!

Re:Google Home by notatoad on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @04:14PM (#11725487)
>The scenario that worries me is that years from now, Google and Amazon may be coerced into turning over what I said yesterday

Amazon has said that they're only recording what happens after the hotword is triggered. That's why they can't do custom hotwords - listening for "hey alexa" is built right into the hardware and it doesn't do anything until it hears that. Unless they're flat-out lying, they can't provide any information about what you said yesterday to anybody because they don't have that data.

Re:Google Home by dandrews on Thursday May 19, 2016 @12:20AM (#11727938)
My 2012 Moto X has a trained keyword (and in fact a dedicated low-power specialized processor to listen for it - one of the things I like about that phone). No "OK Google" for me; it's "Listen please", in Russian. Never tripped by mistake.
Re:Google Home by d0mine on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @03:10PM (#11724842)
If we believe Snowden then Google and Amazon as well as any technology company that collects user data are enabling spying on you for many years now.