Go.
A friend of mine is homebound because of MS.
His wife bought him an Alexa to keep him company.
He's a funny guy and tries to drive it crazy.
Alexa, bark like a dog, or meow like a cat. Alexa, are you spying on me? (She reads the disclosure statement) .
Yeah. No. Neither. I don't want the damned thing listening to me and I don't trust any of the big companies not to mine my background conversations for fun and profit, or to properly safeguard records/recordings of what is said and when.
Yeah. No. Neither. I don't want the damned thing listening to me and I don't trust any of the big companies not to mine my background conversations for fun and profit, or to properly safeguard records/recordings of what is said and when.
That said, I have a good understanding of how OK Google on my Android phone works and it doesn't worry me, because by design the phone is only listening for the keyword and not transmitting anything not preceded by the keyword.
I thought I had a good understanding as well. Try this. Put your phone in your pocket and have a conversation about a product you normally wouldn't have with someone (for example the use of Chantix for smoking cessation. Which I had with a guy at work.) Five minutes later, start scrolling through Facebook and enjoy all the Chantix ads...
WHAT? The OK Google on your phone works exactly the same way as the OK Google home version. They are the SAME product, one is on your phone, the other is on your counter top.Yeah. No. Neither. I don't want the damned thing listening to me and I don't trust any of the big companies not to mine my background conversations for fun and profit, or to properly safeguard records/recordings of what is said and when.
That said, I have a good understanding of how OK Google on my Android phone works and it doesn't worry me, because by design the phone is only listening for the keyword and not transmitting anything not preceded by the keyword.
I don't have a reference handy, but as I understand it the Google home version is engineered under the assumption it has unlimited power and data to work with, while the phone version of Assistant does not. This has significant implications for how much data is sent to Google on the different platforms.WHAT? The OK Google on your phone works exactly the same way as the OK Google home version. They are the SAME product, one is on your phone, the other is on your counter top.
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I don't have a reference handy, but as I understand it the Google home version is engineered under the assumption it has unlimited power and data to work with, while the phone version of Assistant does not. This has significant implications for how much data is sent to Google on the different platforms.
I can only report my experience. I've done this more than a dozen times with my current and prior phone (now, OnePlus 6T, prior: OnePlus 3T) and at no time did I get ads reflecting recent conversations. Plus my measurements of network activity. Google isn't listening in via my phoneI certainly don't have the data to back my assertion up, but the odds of that conversation (with absolutely zero search engine or any other inputs in years) and the subsequent avalanche of ads makes coincidence incredibly unlikely to me...
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