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Re:I got a Google Home and finally understand the future of ... by eli_gottlieb on Thursday December 15, 2016 @10:51AM (#13185361)
> Did you just miss the "It only sends info to Google's servers after hearing the 'hot word'" part?

And where's the guarantee of that? Can we see the code? Can we turn off the microphones in hardware?

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Re:I got a Google Home and finally understand the future of ... by jxy on Thursday December 15, 2016 @11:49AM (#13185935)
Just like every laptop/phone/tablet has a built-in microphone and we can't turn it off either.

All it takes is for Apple/Microsoft/Google/Amazon to push a system update, and, voila~~~

Skynet listens to all.

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