Re:Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your P...
by janoc on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @04:11PM
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The Google Now only listens for the trigger phrase when idle - which is done all locally, without needing to talk to the servers.
It has a battery impact but much less than sending all the voice data continuously to a server somewhere. The biggest battery killer would be the wifi or 3G transmitting non-stop in that case.
Re:Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your P...
by SilasX on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @04:18PM
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It wouldn't have to transmit non-stop -- it could do some parsing/cleanup locally, then queue it up and upload it periodically with other, expected FB traffic.
It has a battery impact but much less than sending all the voice data continuously to a server somewhere. The biggest battery killer would be the wifi or 3G transmitting non-stop in that case.