- Mar 21, 2013
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Even after you close Chrome, Google continues to listen on your microphone.
What they will do with quadrillion bytes of useless data?
This is why I always use INCOGNITO window![]()
I really think this is fake, and unless you have an external microphone always powered on i don't see how this could work.
Google home can barely understand me, I doubt google chrome is this adept
This.That's fine with me. It's not like there's a third world call center with a dude wearing a huge headset and scribbling notes on my activities. This isn't Watergate, it's all robots and shit. If Google wants to listen in to me telling my wife that 30 Seconds to Mars is finally coming to town, and then display relevant ads, so be it. If I have to suffer through advertising, I'd rather have it related to my lifestyle instead of just my browsing habits.
@Apricot needs to pass out the tin foil hats.
How would the data be useless? Sherbs just outlined a possible use case above (ad targeting). Apart from that the data can have plenty of uses, if it cannot be used for targeting, selling directly, it still can be used in machine learning, to make their voice recognition better etc.What they will do with quadrillion bytes of useless data?
Chrome gets the microphone permission on install and it comes preloaded on Android phones. Why would it be so hard? Voice commands are the reason given for needing such a permission and I find it hard to believe that they would not be collecting data, after all Google is the original Blackhatter in my opinion.I really think this is fake, and unless you have an external microphone always powered on i don't see how this could work.
Google home can barely understand me, I doubt google chrome is this adept
This is beyond an invasion of privacy. And, I am now utterly convinced that I should ditch Chrome, and go with something else.
Chrome gets the microphone permission on install and it comes preloaded on Android phones. Why would it be so hard? Voice commands are the reason given for needing such a permission and I find it hard to believe that they would not be collecting data, after all Google is the original Blackhatter in my opinion.
This.
I give no shits about what other people/Google hears, I'm not planning to do anything illegal anyways.
What they will do with quadrillion bytes of useless data?
This is why I always use INCOGNITO window![]()
I really think this is fake, and unless you have an external microphone always powered on i don't see how this could work.
Google home can barely understand me, I doubt google chrome is this adept
That's fine with me. It's not like there's a third world call center with a dude wearing a huge headset and scribbling notes on my activities. This isn't Watergate, it's all robots and shit. If Google wants to listen in to me telling my wife that 30 Seconds to Mars is finally coming to town, and then display relevant ads, so be it. If I have to suffer through advertising, I'd rather have it related to my lifestyle instead of just my browsing habits.
@Apricot needs to pass out the tin foil hats.