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engine

5:10 pm on Feb 20, 2019 (gmt 0)

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Google is in hot water over its Nest Secure system which has a built in microphone. It seems that users didn't know this was on their device.
"The on-device microphone was never intended to be a secret and should have been listed in the tech specs. That was an error on our part," the spokesperson said. "The microphone has never been on, and is only activated when users specifically enable the option. Security systems often use microphones to provide features that rely on sound sensing. We included the mic on the device so that we can potentially offer additional features to our users in the future, such as the ability to detect broken glass."

[businessinsider.com...]

tangor

5:52 pm on Feb 20, 2019 (gmt 0)

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Ha! That's there story. Good luck on sticking with it. We all know better.

MrSavage

9:59 pm on Feb 20, 2019 (gmt 0)

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I trust in the Google, so this is of no concern to me.

tangor

12:21 am on Feb 21, 2019 (gmt 0)

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^^^ so many already believe that! That is their hope!

Meanwhile, this falls into the same category as the backdoor spy chip on motherboards by a mfgr exposed in recent days ...

"Its a feature!"

I think we all remember the data scarfing g did with their initial rollout of streetview ...