An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- March 29, 2024
- March 28, 2024
- March 27, 2024
- March 26, 2024
- March 25, 2024
- March 24, 2024
- March 23, 2024
October 11, 2017 02:43 pm GMT
Original Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/CrUkjgejyLM/
Google is forced to shut down Home Mini feature that quietly records everything
Last week, Google launched Home Mini, a $49 voice-enabled speaker that turned out to have the interesting habit of recording every damn sound in your house, and sending them to Google servers. Funny, isn't it?
This is what happened to journalist Artem Russakovskii at Android Police after he came back home from the Google launch in event in San Francisco with his shiny new Home Mini and placed it in his bathroom (!).
Home assistants all work in a similar way: you say a hotword — "Alexa" for Amazon Echo, "Hey Google" for Google Homes — and they switch on, ready to record your question/order, send it to the cloud, and then answer/execute your order. Read more...
More about Google, Amazon Echo, Google Home Mini, Home Assistants, and TechOriginal Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/CrUkjgejyLM/
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article
Mashable
Mashable is the top source for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture.More About this Source Visit Mashable