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jcon wrote:
It's odd that you think that Alexa is only listening when it's "awake".
weedb0y wrote:
Per my read, it's always listening but only sends to mothership when the 'awake' word is triggered. Other content is not uploaded..
Yes, this is what I meant. It doesn't record unless you "awake" it.
Mannina90 wrote: You can turn on the activation indicator sound under Accessilibilty in your Google Home app. They both have hot mics for the exact same reason. There's nothing "scarier" about Google's implementation.
Oooo, thank you! I figured there had to be something, but I haven't played around with it. That was just my initial thoughts on it. The AI on Google is way better.
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AstonM wrote: When google knows your location, what you’re searching, your order histories, your family and friends names and addresses and phone numbers, then it’s worth a whole lot to sell those data points to a company
You have a very valid point yet assuming that a smart speaker is whats standing between Google and achieving that goal couldn't be further detached from reality.
There is a difference between legit privacy concerns and tin foil hat paranoia, and most "selective criticism" about smart speakers (virtual assistants) that doesn't make the same argument about smartphones falls in the latter category.
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roosterOON wrote: If you live in a house, wait for your GHM on your driveway or building entrance if you live in a building. Otherwise, CP will just leave you a pickup slip to pick up after 5:00pm. JK
I just got it. Thanks to our old school cp guy always knocks and annonces mail man. I live in building.
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chevyz07 wrote: I just received mine.... should I get another one.... no where in my house to place it though :)
Then no Face With Stuck-out Tongue And Winking Eye
Sharing is Caring - Without people sharing info, these forums would not exist and no one would benefit from it. Don't be selfish.

They really need to show who downvotes so we can find out the mofus is
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Hi there,

So how does this thing work? *lol* I got it just to give it a whirl...

Ju Leon...
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l1197493 wrote: Its sad that they used Canada Post to deliver! I checked Google Maps and it was a 19 minute WALK from their place. They could've just got Uber Eats instead of CP to deliver it lol
you can also walk 19 mins there and pick it up yourself!
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They must be really back logged. Ordered mine 2-3 days ago and it still hasn't shipped.
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idontwantausername wrote: You must think so highly of yourself that you care so much that google selling your question to some company when you said “hey google what’s the weather like today?”...
You are absolutely incorrect. Maybe for the weather it's a bit more complex to explain, but for example using routines like "OK Google Turn off all the lights" every night at a specific time or "OK Google good night" for a night time routine, you are giving them data of when you sleep. And while YOU are insignificant, having 1,000 Google homes within a same city and 70% of them tend to sleep from the hours of 9-10:30 for example, that is very significant and valuable information for advertisers. Data mining is very real. Big Data and analytics play a big part of advertising and big business.
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EbonyRose wrote: I may stick with Alexa due to privacy concerns.
You sure about that ?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... iews-audio
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I signed up on 10th April for premium account, then used the link to the offer. When I login it says "Thank you so much! You've already successfully registered your interest in this offer.", but no email confirmation with code. When clicked on Check Availability it says "We're sorry but you're not able to redeem at this moment."

Is anyone else facing this long delay in getting email confirmation with code?
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northstarbd wrote: I signed up on 10th April for premium account, then used the link to the offer. When I login it says "Thank you so much! You've already successfully registered your interest in this offer.", but no email confirmation with code. When clicked on Check Availability it says "We're sorry but you're not able to redeem at this moment."

Is anyone else facing this long delay in getting email confirmation with code?
Just wait for the "we're sorry but we ran out of stock" email in 3 days from now
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idontwantausername wrote: You must think so highly of yourself that you care so much that google selling your question to some company when you said “hey google what’s the weather like today?”...
You're pretty clueless if you think they're not doing this. They listen to everything and display ads based on your conversations and sell your data to others.
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fatcowxlive wrote: And while YOU are insignificant, having 1,000 Google homes within a same city and 70% of them tend to sleep from the hours of 9-10:30 for example, that is very significant and valuable information for advertisers
And they can't deduce the same information by mining smartphone activity records?
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northstarbd wrote: I signed up on 10th April for premium account, then used the link to the offer. When I login it says "Thank you so much! You've already successfully registered your interest in this offer.", but no email confirmation with code. When clicked on Check Availability it says "We're sorry but you're not able to redeem at this moment."

Is anyone else facing this long delay in getting email confirmation with code?

I'm in this boat too.
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baz5 wrote: You're pretty clueless if you think they're not doing this. They listen to everything and display ads based on your conversations and sell your data to others.
And they aren't doing that on your phone? tablet or PC or whatever other connected device you ever used (including the device you just used to make the post above)?
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northstarbd wrote: I signed up on 10th April for premium account, then used the link to the offer. When I login it says "Thank you so much! You've already successfully registered your interest in this offer.", but no email confirmation with code. When clicked on Check Availability it says "We're sorry but you're not able to redeem at this moment."

Is anyone else facing this long delay in getting email confirmation with code?
Read the thread summary.
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aasoror wrote: If you think that Google still needs a GHM to make money of us (as far as the privacy violation goes) then the joke is on you.

Of course they are, are you that clueless?

Tracking voice commands isn't really any different than tracking web searches or browsing history.

That makes everything okay? lol Wow

The only valid concerns are regarding mischiefs (GH sending audio extracts that aren't voice searches without the end users knowledge, practically spying on owners) if you think Google would intentionally engage in espionage then an Android phone would carry the very same privacy violation risk.

Whatever you think Google can deduce accessing a typical household voice commands stream is absolutely nothing compared to what they can deduce analyzing the photos submitted willingly to Google by the same household members via the Google Photo app on the phones they carry.

It's a market penetration campaign, for every GHM sold there is an Echo dot not getting sold, a GH probably getting sold and an Echo probably not getting sold, not to mention these devices are vehicles for other "paid" services (Google YT music, Google Play Music .. etc) so having footing in your household (even by throwing away a $10 cost GHM is just a strategic move to get hooked up with other services that will make them money down the road).
Couple replies in bold. I can't believe how clueless you guys are, it's unreal. If you don't know about blatant privacy issues from Google, FB, and others, you need to step off RFD for a few minutes and educate yourself. I mean I literally called it saying they could be giving these away for free and now they are.

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