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Google 'accidentally' left Google Home devices recording your every word

by CPAhem on 8/10/20, 1:33 AM with 10 comments

• by sneak on 8/10/20, 8:57 AM

  As much as I distrust these devices, the term “record” here implies the cloud-based transmission thing it does after hearing the wakeword.

  It “records” all sound 24/7 to listen for the wakeword(s), naturally. It is just then discarded if one is not detected.

  I understand they just added different wakewords (like smoke alarm sounds). I do not think it was streaming audio offsite 24/7, which is what this headline implies.

  Headline is a bit misleading.

• by agustif on 8/10/20, 10:45 AM

  I have one always disconnected on my desk.

  After the first couple of days of newness it just didn't provide much value to justify sucking electricty for me

• by uzakov on 8/10/20, 9:08 AM

  Does anyone know if there an easy way to modify certs on these type of devices to be able to MITM traffic locally?

• by carterklein13 on 8/10/20, 1:05 PM

  And now they have a 6% stake in arguably the biggest name in home security, ADT

• by pachico on 8/10/20, 12:06 PM

  For some reason I can't explain, an unplugged Google Home turned out to be one of my 1yo son's favourite toys. This luckily prevented me from using it for months. :)