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I don't understand why anyone would want to have such a device in their home. How long before they start data mining conversations for better ad targeting? What if a state actor gets access to such devices? Is no one worried at all?
Ultimately it comes down to a question if you trust Google or not. I do, but I know that sentiment is not widely shared on HN. Enabling state spying would destroy people's trust, and hence their business. I think Google is highly motivated to keep your data private.
There's enabling state spying and then there's doing so knowingly and then there's doing so provably knowingly. Which do you trust?
Do you think devices like this have no remote vulnerabilities, that nation states don't have the resources to find and exploit them, or that they can but don't?