Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home
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Re: Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home
#2>"Gosh, I haven't thought about this before in quite this way," Osterloh said. "It's quite important for all these technologies to think about all users... we have to consider all stakeholders that might be in proximity."
How much do they not care about privacy that a chief exec with an army of lawyers and advisors "haven't thought about this before"?
Re: Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home
#3Does two-party consent even works if it's a 3rd party doing the recording and it goes who knows where?
I'm sure this will also work just fine in Germany.
Re: Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home
#4Does two-party consent even works if it's a 3rd party doing the recording and it goes who knows where? I'm sure this will also work just fine in Germany.
It's a good question.
I hope that the law comes down on these devices such that it only makes sense to keep and analyze all recorded data locally.
If recorded data is never the property of the corporations but of the private owner of the device, a lot of the issues with them could be defanged.
On the flip side, the value proposition for these devices may then be reduced - both for the corporations that produce them and the customers that use them.
Re: Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home
#5>"Gosh, I haven't thought about this before in quite this way," Osterloh said. "It's quite important for all these technologies to think about all users... we have to consider all stakeholders that might be in proximity." How much do they not care about privacy that a chief exec with an army of lawyers and advisors "haven't thought about this before"?
It's the wild west -- corporations are just doing what they want while governments are asleep at the wheel.
Also, having an army of lawyers is exactly what allows for this -- you need to know which areas are gray in order to exploit them without risk of retribution/regulation. A basic minutes-long conversation would have likely arrived at the point of how recording of the owner themselves/third parties would affect the product.
Re: Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home
#6>"Gosh, I haven't thought about this before in quite this way," Osterloh said. "It's quite important for all these technologies to think about all users... we have to consider all stakeholders that might be in proximity." How much do they not care about privacy that a chief exec with an army of lawyers and advisors "haven't thought about this before"?
It is a scripted response tailored to convey a specific, albeit less than truthful, narrative Much like the Juul CEO telling the public not to use their product right before the next announcement they were under investigation. Hopefully, a similar investigation will be announced presently.
Edited.intentiin > narrative
Re: Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home
#7Does two-party consent even works if it's a 3rd party doing the recording and it goes who knows where? I'm sure this will also work just fine in Germany.
It's a good question. I hope that the law comes down on these devices such that it only makes sense to keep and analyze all recorded data locally. If recorded data is never the property of the corporations but of the private owner of the device, a lot of the issues with them could be defanged. On the flip side, the value proposition for these devices may then be reduced - both for the corporations that produce them a…
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Re: Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home
#8I'm genuinely curious why only nest, alexa, google home[^1] devices get highlighted - aren't they all use the same tech as the Google App on android? Why are android phones not flagged as well?
Re: Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home
#9>"Gosh, I haven't thought about this before in quite this way," Osterloh said. "It's quite important for all these technologies to think about all users... we have to consider all stakeholders that might be in proximity." How much do they not care about privacy that a chief exec with an army of lawyers and advisors "haven't thought about this before"?
C'mon, that a straight lie out there, plain and visible.
The other alternative is that he is utterly incompetent at his role, which I don't believe for a second. He is probably be incompetent in speaking with media though
Re: Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home
#10>"Gosh, I haven't thought about this before in quite this way," Osterloh said. "It's quite important for all these technologies to think about all users... we have to consider all stakeholders that might be in proximity." How much do they not care about privacy that a chief exec with an army of lawyers and advisors "haven't thought about this before"?
Corporate Robots are programmed with 2 rules - Everything has to be scaled up & It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. Then they are let loose on the world where they fuck up, junked and a new model with the same programming is wheeled in.
Can they be reprogrammed is the question.