• grue@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Allegedly, the processing to listen for the activation phrase is done locally.

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      5 months ago

      Not just allegedly, verifiably. Simple enough to check with Wireshark

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        5 months ago

        I don’t have one of those devices, and didn’t want to exclude the possibility that it was “chatty” enough with its server (checking for updates etc.) that a speech analysis request couldn’t be hidden within the noise.

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          5 months ago

          Fair enough. I’ve never checked myself because I’m also not interested in having that sort of thing, but I’ve read a few blog articles by people who have