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Google secretly records conversations after ‘OK’ prompt

Google is secretly recording our conversations, with devices switching to 'listening mode', even when we just say 'OK', as opposed to 'OK Google'.
Posted by: admin , August 24, 2017
  • Google is secretly recording our conversations, with devices switching to ‘listening mode’ when we say ‘OK’, as opposed to a direct instruction to activate Google Assistant through the ‘OK Google’ prompt.
  • An investigation by The Sun revealed that Android devices record 20 seconds of audio once we say OK, with these conversations then uploaded to Google’s servers.
  • A Google spokesperson told The Sun that recordings are only used to improve its speech recognition across search & for marketing purposes (!!?).
  • To access your sound files, sign into your Gmail or Google account, type “history.google.com/history” into your web browser, and head to the ‘Voice and Audio’ tab.
  • You can switch off Google’s ability to store conversations in the ‘Web & App activity’ section.

Read more:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/4295350/did-you-know-google-has-been-secretly-recording-you-heres-how-to-find-the-creepy-audio-files-that-are-monitoring-your-conversations-every-day/

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11909186

http://www.news.com.au/technology/gadgets/how-google-is-secretly-recording-you-through-your-mobile-monitoring-millions-of-conversations/news-story/8089bf3084a430f4c4be46b81710c158

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Tags: Android device, Conversations, google, Google Assistant, Listening mode, Ok, Ok Google, Recording our conversations, Speech recognition, The sun, Web & app

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