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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by WalterBright on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @06:09PM (#20407117)
Imagine 20 years from now you decide to run for political office. Do you want someone "ethically" going through all your old recorded conversations looking for statements that will be politically incorrect 20 years from now?
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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by LocalH on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @09:19PM (#20408290)
Not only you, but your kids. People have lost sponsorships and contracts because of things one of their parents said before the person in question was even born. Look at last year's incident where Eli Lilly pulled their NASCAR sponsorship of Conor Daly over something his father had said a decade before Conor existed. https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/2018/08/24/eli-l...
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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by gdy on Thursday July 11, 2019 @10:36AM (#20411806)
That's nuts. Things like this should cost company its reputation.
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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by LocalH on Thursday July 11, 2019 @11:34PM (#20417898)
Fortunately, Eli Lilly took a bigger hit over this than Daly did. It's still disgusting on the principle of it, though.
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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by wolco on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @09:20PM (#20408294)
I would expect it. I would watch what I say now and in a few years what I think.
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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by Erik816 on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @09:43PM (#20408429)
Or intentionally don't watch what you say and stop giving this kind of system any power. If you run for office in 20 years planning to hide what you think now, or apologize for it, then you're in for a losing battle. Say what you think, admit when you're wrong, learn from your mistakes.
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