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So no one opened up one of these and looked at the components?

• mateo1 8y ago
  Just like many physical and non-physical (software) products, very often, literally nobody reviews/verifies/checks them. Google will learn from this mistake, and next time they'll use a fancy MEMS microphone or a similar technology and place it inside a semiconductor package. When do you think such a feat will be discovered by independent researchers? Probably never.
  • freeflight 8y ago
    There's also the reality that they can simply change the components/layout without ever telling anybody about it. People just keep buying the same boxes without even being aware that the hardware inside these boxes might be completely different revisions. Who's to say that future batches of Nest won't have cameras added for "future use"? Who's gonna go through the effort of checking every fresh batch of Nests for revisions like that? And what are the chances of actually catching it when it's only rolled out in small batches?
    • mateo1 8y ago
      Good point. I'd like to also mention that it is possible for companies like Amazon to "personalise" orders before they are shipped.