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Re:Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Random Person by adrianN on Friday December 21, 2018 @03:59AM (#18732170)
Everything a voice assistant does could be done with an device that has nothing but a keyboard and a text input field. People are not complaining about the great natural language comprehension these things have, they're complaining about always-on microphones in their homes.
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Re:Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Random Person by tonylemesmer on Friday December 21, 2018 @05:44AM (#18732556)
But even with typed instead of spoken commands, wouldn't the natural language processing still done in the cloud? Admittedly, typed instructions instead of recorded sounds is less intrusive but still intrusive because it requires the internet, not processed locally.
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Re:Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Random Person by kurtisc on Friday December 21, 2018 @06:06AM (#18732645)
If it was implemented using something like hitting super/the Chromebook search button and then typing your intentions, it would be a more deliberate choice to send the data than it is using a voice assistant which is constantly recording to look out for the keyword.
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Re:Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Random Person by tonylemesmer on Friday December 21, 2018 @06:44AM (#18732768)
yes - a physical interlock would be infinitely preferable.
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