For the past year, I’ve been using the Google Home speaker to ask Google questions about my daily activities. A few times, my wife would ask Google about store hours at Costco and to find out about political news. Did you also ask Google about a local meeting of alt-right conspiracy theorists? Worse yet, if you do disable the voice recording, it “neuters” the speaker or other devices that rely on Google Assistant for voice commands. Earlier this month, a reporter at Android Police discovered that a new Google Home Mini speaker was recording not just his own phrases when he said the “OK Google” hotword but everything being said at all times.

Source: Fox News October 26, 2017 14:54 UTC