Comment by derefr
2 months ago
For all of these reasons, audio snooping is much more likely to be something done by wired, stationary devices that maybe have a decent amount of RAM + a fair bit of usually-idle processing capacity (to run the transcription model locally and just push the resulting text), and which are expected to draw a decent amount of power and use the Internet at vaguely-arbitrary times.
Like a smart TV, for example.
It is 1000% being done by smart TVs. They listen even when you are not using the voice remote. And the data is used to target ads (anywhere)
Do you have any evidence?
Yes of course. You can test it yourself
First thing I do is disable that feature on every TV I buy.
Second thing I do is block the TV access to internet after I do one firmware update.
Why bother with one firmware update?
Why both with any once it’s working fine?
I figure they will reset my no microphone preferences mostly, or make it only work when online someday.
Anyhow, ain’t broke, don’t fix it!