Google to pay $68M over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
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by aaptel
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So wait, the "phones are listening to us" urban myth turned out to be true? People getting ads about thing they recently talked about was a genuine concern?
I'm dreading the "I told ya so" from relatives.
by aydyn
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So that comes out to what 0.3 cents per user?
by tokyobreakfast
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Was this built by the same developers who are paranoid federal agents are going to bust into the Google offices and haul them away into the night?
by throwa356262
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Serious question: what happened to Apple Siri voice leaks? The one where a contractor was in possession of people's private conversations?
If I recall that leak contained some serious stuff including a rape and some people planning some sort of heist.
by briantoknowyou
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Just touching on the notion here, but oh how sad and funny it is. Yep, devices with microphones in them have been here forever and could have been used this way easily from the start, and now here we are!
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