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Re:Google Home: An Insight Into a 4-Year-Old’s Mind by iagooar on Friday May 19, 2017 @06:31AM (#14374287)
Maybe people need an alternative that is as good, yet not spying on you? A device that won't ever record anything permanently, that won't ever call home / to the cloud.

I don't think we can revert the trend, but maybe at least try and redirect the stream to a solution that is concerned with privacy.

Re:Google Home: An Insight Into a 4-Year-Old’s Mind by Vinnl on Friday May 19, 2017 @06:35AM (#14374304)
There's one that I know of, but as usual, less developed. Still, probably worth checking out: https://mycroft.ai/
Re:Google Home: An Insight Into a 4-Year-Old’s Mind by Insanity on Friday May 19, 2017 @06:41AM (#14374334)
I actually quite like the name of that!
Re:Google Home: An Insight Into a 4-Year-Old’s Mind by ashark on Friday May 19, 2017 @08:54AM (#14375095)
Will not happen until it doesn't have to compete with a free, paid-for-by-spying option. So only if a law's passed outlawing massive, intrusive data collection.
Re:Google Home: An Insight Into a 4-Year-Old’s Mind by gagege on Friday May 19, 2017 @11:43AM (#14376758)
Which will never happen because the government loves the control its surveillance buddies, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Apple provide. And the people will keep voting for the politicians who will "protect them" from "threats" like terrorism and drugs.
Re:Google Home: An Insight Into a 4-Year-Old’s Mind by Grangar on Friday May 19, 2017 @06:39AM (#14374322)
But at this point, it would be either A) limited in function, B) prohibitively expensive or C) too technically complex since you can't mine the data for advertising money.

The same goes for the Whatsapp dilemma.