Re:Police are requesting data from smart speakers
by raxxorrax on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @05:40AM
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> I'm pretty sure it's not legally possible
Legality wasn't really an issue for authorities in Germany before, even if it contradicted our basic law. Of course it was for national security. It is my goto excuse too if I break any laws.
There is a lot of room between paranoia and being extremely naive in context of state powers.
> Secondly I just don't say anything in my home that's super secret
Then why would the state need capabilities to get this not super secret data?
I honestly expected more from Germany in this regard, especially with the experience of the past.
I can tell you why I personally don't care. First off here in Germany I'm pretty sure it's not legally possible for authorities to request my voice commands randomly and due to GDPR I can delete all my recordings at any point, and turn off personalisation meaning they wouldn't use my individual data.
Secondly I just don't say anything in my home that's super secret, I live in an apartment and I'm pretty sure the neighbours can hear me talking on my balcony, and I'm in voice chats most of the day these days due to covid which probably accidentally means more people listen in because I forget to press mute than some guy at Amazon.