Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home

Re:Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests e... by fluffything on Thursday October 17, 2019 @11:07AM (#21282826)

> Why would people voluntarily do this in exchange for being able to ask for weather, play a playlist, add a todo and a few other parlor tricks.

I don't really understand why the device needs to store my recording and send it over the internet.

I would be willing to pay more for a device that guarantees that my recordings are deleted immediately.

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Re:Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests e... by jeremyjh on Thursday October 17, 2019 @01:13PM (#21284164)

Echo does this - only wake word phrases are sent to the internet - but it is not guaranteed by the hardware. Also your failed requests - where it recognized the wake word but not the request - are listened to by QA people. Those could easily be private conversations with an accidental wake word.

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Re:Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests e... by machello13 on Thursday October 17, 2019 @05:16PM (#21286423)

I'm pretty sure this is how all smart speakers work.

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Re:Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests e... by tjansen on Friday October 18, 2019 @03:46AM (#21289429)

A simple work-around on Echos is to enable the wake word notification pling. Then you immediately notice that the Echo is listening.

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