Google says not disclosing microphone in Next was "an error" (1 Viewer)

[Joe Bryant]

This is my shocked face. 

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/21/google-says-not-disclosing-the-microphone-in-its-next-home-security-device-was-an-error.html

 

[rockaction]

This is my shocked face. 

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/21/google-says-not-disclosing-the-microphone-in-its-next-home-security-device-was-an-error.html

Oh. 

Quelle surprise!

 

[eoMMan]

All of these in home smart devices are scary.  Crazy that people are so quick to put them in their homes.

(as I type this with my smart phone probably recording every word I type and every thing I say)

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

All of these in home smart devices are scary.  Crazy that people are so quick to put them in their homes.

(as I type this with my smart phone probably recording every word I type and every thing I say)

Your phone hears everything anyway. 

 

[Joe Bryant]

All of these in home smart devices are scary.  Crazy that people are so quick to put them in their homes.

(as I type this with my smart phone probably recording every word I type and every thing I say)

Yup.

 

[tommyboy]

these giant Tech companies sure are making a lot of "errors" recently

don't be evil,  heh™

 

[Cjw_55106]

A good rule of thumb when using any device.......someone can hear/see you if they really want to. 

 

[beer 30]

All of these in home smart devices are scary.  Crazy that people are so quick to put them in their homes.

(as I type this with my smart phone probably recording every word I type and every thing I say)

Pretty much sums it up

The more I learn about Googles intrusion into your privacy the more I stay away from any of their products. They monitor everything and share it all. Steer clear of all this stuff as much as you can.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Google the word error and the first result should be Google.

 

[belljr]

Wait .... It's Alphabet Google?

 

[Insein]

A good rule of thumb when using any device.......someone can hear/see you if they really want to. 

Yep. Just assume someone is watching everything you do all the time and then you can feel less paranoid because your life is pretty boring.

 

[Ron Swanson]

Not sure I see the big deal...

 

[beer 30]

Not sure I see the big deal...

Sure you do, just try.

 

[jon_mx]

All your base are belong to us. 

 

[Arodin]

Wait...you mean Google doesn’t already know everything there is to know about us?

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Meh.  They can listen in all they want.  All they're going to hear is me talking to my cats, yelling at Chicago place-kickers, Cheap Trick,  and me sobbing quietly into my whisky+Rockstar.

 

[Scoresman]

It always amazes me how up in arms people get over the "privacy" buzzword.  For people who have this device, how would any of their lives be any different if this hidden microphone was never discovered?  Targeted ads? Oh, the horror!  On a scale of 1 to 10 of things to worry about on a daily basis, this kind of stuff is somewhere between 0 and 1 for me.  

 

[Pinkerton]

Pretty much sums it up

The more I learn about Googles intrusion into your privacy the more I stay away from any of their products. They monitor everything and share it all. Steer clear of all this stuff as much as you can.

Hey everybody, get off his lawn!

 

[furleybaby]

 whisky+Rockstar.

We get it you're better than everyone.