This entire article is full of absolutely nothing but speculation with no sources and poor experimentation without proper knowledge in the field, software, or equipment. No technical analysis at all. This person kind of has no clue and is taking ignorant shots in the dark to try to confirm preexisting notions. The “experiment” they ran sounds like something my mother would do and then get all bent out of shape and frantically call me about it.
By calling out for the Google assist, without having pushed any button first. It’s always listening for the activate/initiate key phrase.
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That doesn’t mean it’s sending anything out through the network connection. The wake word is locally processed.
Doesn’t mean it’s not, either.
This old article from Vice seems to have proven it, back in 2018.
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This entire article is full of absolutely nothing but speculation with no sources and poor experimentation without proper knowledge in the field, software, or equipment. No technical analysis at all. This person kind of has no clue and is taking ignorant shots in the dark to try to confirm preexisting notions. The “experiment” they ran sounds like something my mother would do and then get all bent out of shape and frantically call me about it.
I want the 5 minutes back I wasted reading that.
All of your hyperbole aside, if you’re worried about time wasted, you really shouldn’t be on the Internet.
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