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Re:I visited a friend who is watching Breaking Bad. Now clip... by capitalsigma on Sunday June 19, 2022 @12:54PM (#31801062)
You would expect it to consume quite a lot of power and/or bandwidth if the mic was always on.
Re:I visited a friend who is watching Breaking Bad. Now clip... by jphoward on Sunday June 19, 2022 @01:04PM (#31801159)
But isn't it always on for "Hey Siri"?
Re:I visited a friend who is watching Breaking Bad. Now clip... by euos on Sunday June 19, 2022 @12:56PM (#31801067)
You can try fingerprinting, etc. Ridiculous amount of effort to implement it. For little benefit.
Re:I visited a friend who is watching Breaking Bad. Now clip... by treis on Sunday June 19, 2022 @01:02PM (#31801134)
They do it for music identification these days.
Re:I visited a friend who is watching Breaking Bad. Now clip... by smegsicle on Sunday June 19, 2022 @03:54PM (#31802782)
which is such a halfhearted excuse too- "why are you randomly sampling audio around me and phoning home about it?"

  "uhh.... shazaam?"
Re:I visited a friend who is watching Breaking Bad. Now clip... by Rebelgecko on Sunday June 19, 2022 @04:15PM (#31803003)
I thought that was all done on-device?
Re:I visited a friend who is watching Breaking Bad. Now clip... by treis on Sunday June 19, 2022 @04:43PM (#31803297)
I'm not sure. Just pointing out that it doesn't necessarily have to use a lot of power or bandwidth to have the mic always on.