Google speakers are listening to more than just voice commands
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#3How could people on HN be surprised about that kind of thing ?
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#4Wyze cameras do this too. I never throughly about it put apparently the noise a fire alarm or co alarm makes is standard https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/articles/360031134712-H...
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#5How could people on HN be surprised about that kind of thing ?
We would all be surprised if it turns out that a giant corporation who sells you always-on networked microphones wasn't abusing it in any way, shape or form.
Here's a slippery slope for you:
1. "OK Google, order pizza from Sal's."
2. "Broken glass detected in living room. Should I call police?"
3. "The baby has been crying for more than 60 minutes. Do you want assistance?"
4. "Shots fired. Calling 911 now."
2016-2020 has taught me that slippery slope arguments are not fallacious in and of themselves; they just aren't convincing by themselves.
The sound of a Siamese cat in heat is extremely similar to a crying baby.
Watching an unusually well-Foleyed action movie on a good sound system can probably fool any recognition system Google can jam into next year's $150 smart speaker.
And that's how Google could swat you with the best of intentions.
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#6I unplugged my Google Home Mini long back because of this unethical spying.
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#7One company controlling all these electronics in my house. How do people not find that disturbing?
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#8How could people on HN be surprised about that kind of thing ?
The notion that many HN readers would know doesn’t devalue the news even a bit.
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#9One company controlling all these electronics in my house. How do people not find that disturbing?
I find a security system that only lets me know when it’s been triggered useless. My wife set off our alarm the other day. I used an external webcam to verify that it was my wife, and disabled the alarm before she could put her things down and disable it herself. You can’t do that with a system that isn’t connected externally.
Re: Google speakers are listening to more than just voice commands
#10One company controlling all these electronics in my house. How do people not find that disturbing?
I find a security system that only lets me know when it’s been triggered useless. My wife set off our alarm the other day. I used an external webcam to verify that it was my wife, and disabled the alarm before she could put her things down and disable it herself. You can’t do that with a system that isn’t connected externally.
External connection != external control.
Although with home security services, it's one of the areas where I think external control is advantageous because the best cameras don't help you when the thieves take the device that keeps the recordings with them.