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Re:Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests e... by wnevets on Thursday October 17, 2019 @11:44AM (#21283260)
I've gotten Alexa and Google's Home for free but I refuse to set them up. Even if you believe these companies aren't going to "spy" on you, the security of these things has been proven dubious at best.
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Re:Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests e... by RandallBrown on Thursday October 17, 2019 @01:09PM (#21284122)
What is the worst thing you think could happen if you did set either of them up?

I'm personally not a very private person and I'm not worried about giving up some privacy for convenience. There are a few bad things I could think of like the government using out of context recordings to frame you or something like that, but the odds of that happening seem so vanishingly small, I can't worry about it.

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