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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by michaelmrose on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @06:44PM (#20407368)
Turns out the NSA has an implant for smart tvs that among its features is keeping the tv on and recording you while turning the indicator light that indicates its on status off.

You don't own the device despite paying for it. It updates itself when it feels like it and does whatever its actual owner says including compromising itself if told to.

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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by pnutjam on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @10:43PM (#20408704)
Not without internet.
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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by serf on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @11:15PM (#20408841)
my parents smart tv has over a gig of storage for apps.

i'd be really surprised if that couldn't act as an offline cache.

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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by pnutjam on Thursday July 11, 2019 @03:36PM (#20414899)
still needs internet to fill that cache, don't use the smart tv part, or whitelist it at the router.
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