bakerzdosen t1_j1uqbu0 wrote
Unsurprisingly, the word “privacy” is not found in the article’s body text.
That to me is my first (second, and third…) priority in a product that is always listening.
reinfected t1_j1v0haj wrote
I'm not saying you're wrong to be concerned about privacy with these products, but I think that's moreso just evidence that this isn't a product for you.
For everyone else who already acknowledges that their phone is already the privacy nightmare you're describing, complete with microphones and cameras, this product is pretty useful in home automation.
bakerzdosen t1_j1v4vbp wrote
I can agree to that.
I simply trust Apple more than I trust Google (or Amazon or Samsung or Microsoft) with my private data.
And really, when it comes right down to it, I don’t trust Apple.
But with that said, yeah, Google’s assistant is superior to Siri or Alexa (both of which I’ve put through their paces.) There are a lot of things Google does better than Siri for sure. The problem is that after the novelty those things has worn off, I found I don’t actually use them in my normal day-to-day life. The things I do (turn on/off lights, run a scene, play music, time/weather request, timer/alarm, call or text someone) can be done by any voice assistant equally well. They all work well most of the time, and they all fail at seemingly puzzlingly simple requests on occasion.
So yeah, perhaps voice assistants aren’t exactly for me, but again, for me, Siri has struck a decent balance between privacy and functionality.
As always though, YMMV.
Blog_Pope t1_j1y3ly6 wrote
I use voice assistants fairly often, I check the weather every morning, in the car I DJ and send/receive text messages via CarPlay. All kitchen timers are voice assistants. Need a quick conversion while cooking, ask how many grams in a cup of flour.
It’s like an ATM, there’s very little backsliding.
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