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I agree that your phone can delegate the same voice commands to your smart devices or do Q&A, but some of these devices are also decent speakers to stream music
by pwython 8y ago
I agree that your phone can delegate the same voice commands to your smart devices or do Q&A, but some of these devices are also decent speakers to stream music casually (eg. $75 Echo).
- JeremyBanks 8y agoIf you don't trust these devices, you probably wouldn't trust your phone either.
- pwython 8y agoAnd I have a feeling many people who make a privacy case against Echo/Home forget that their phone does the same thing.
- jenscow 8y agoIn addition to knowing where you are, and potentially what sites you visit, who you communicate with, etc.
- kennywinker 8y agoMy phone is in my pocket, which signficantly degrades the audio quality of any recordings. Same reason I have a cover over my laptop camera, but not over my phone camera.
- JeremyBanks 8y agoI've made several audio recordings with my phone in my pocket. Unless you're very consistent with the pocket and placement of your phone, that isn't a significant mitigation.