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Your voice assistant is profiling you, just not in the way you expect, new research finds.
(news.northeastern.edu)
this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2025
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My Google speaker only hears me say “hey Google, set an alarm in x hours” and “stop”. Good luck profiling me.
And I turned off the Google assistant in my car. It was more a nuisance than a blessing. It would trigger if you said “eierkoeken” which was hilarious when we were talking about those things during a road trip.
To hear you say "Hey Google" it has to listen to everything you say, all the time. While they pinky-promise they aren't doing anything with all the voice data they're getting while listening, do you trust them?
Good point, but given that I don't say anything in my bed room (I live alone, and I don't date), I wish it good luck hearing anything.