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I'd be interested to see low-power voice recognition. My PowerShiri demo uses ~12% CPU on a Core2 Duo laptop when it's listening.
I'm pretty sure most apps use the default OS services, which just send the compressed voice data over to a server, where the actual recognition is performed (and your voice data stored forever, for "research and development" reasons...)
If a vendor provided a physical switch with which I could turn off the mic, that would be a feature that I at least would consider very attractive.
I'd be interested to see low-power voice recognition. My PowerShiri demo uses ~12% CPU on a Core2 Duo laptop when it's listening.
I'm pretty sure most apps use the default OS services, which just send the compressed voice data over to a server, where the actual recognition is performed (and your voice data stored forever, for "research and development" reasons...)
I started thinking on how devices can emit audio signatures for other devices around it to be aware of its presence. A couple of years after, Chromecast uses audio for authentication of nearby devices.
I honestly dismissed my paranoia all of these years with the argument that it would show in battery and data usage. But with offline language models, I'm not so sure anymore.
This is why I use an app called DVasive which tells me when my mic or camera is in use. It's pretty good at figuring this out it seems, although I haven't found any nefarious apps yet that use my mic or camera unexpectedly (I've been using the app for a couple of years). It probably wouldn't work for vendors or other rogue ways to get access to my phones devices however.
I have to say, I'm very sceptical about all of this, but one day a friend showed me a product (some speakers that use the table surface for resonance) and the ad showed a couple of minutes after on Facebook. I started thinking on how devices can emit audio signatures for other devices around it to be aware of its presence. A couple of years after, Chromecast uses audio for authentication of nearby devices. I honestly…
I know this happens because a few years ago there was a discussion about how advertisements were leaking christmas present purchases through something like that.
But what's really creepy is the article claimed 24/7 speech recognition didn't drain battery too badly. And doesn't eat up data if it's over wifi.
I have to say, I'm very sceptical about all of this, but one day a friend showed me a product (some speakers that use the table surface for resonance) and the ad showed a couple of minutes after on Facebook. I started thinking on how devices can emit audio signatures for other devices around it to be aware of its presence. A couple of years after, Chromecast uses audio for authentication of nearby devices. I honestly…
One theory I have is that advertisers keep track of IP address. So if your friend searched for something on your internet, it would show ads to you. I know this happens because a few years ago there was a discussion about how advertisements were leaking christmas present purchases through something like that. But what's really creepy is the article claimed 24/7 speech recognition didn't drain battery too badly. And d…
This and the follow-up paragraph read like:
> Facebook monitors background noise already without using it themselves for advertisement targetting purposes, but will share the data with third parties if you miss a privacy setting.
/tinfoil
This is why I use an app called DVasive which tells me when my mic or camera is in use. It's pretty good at figuring this out it seems, although I haven't found any nefarious apps yet that use my mic or camera unexpectedly (I've been using the app for a couple of years). It probably wouldn't work for vendors or other rogue ways to get access to my phones devices however.
How can you trust DVasive isn't itself malicious?
This is why I use an app called DVasive which tells me when my mic or camera is in use. It's pretty good at figuring this out it seems, although I haven't found any nefarious apps yet that use my mic or camera unexpectedly (I've been using the app for a couple of years). It probably wouldn't work for vendors or other rogue ways to get access to my phones devices however.
How can you trust DVasive isn't itself malicious?