At Andro4ll, we’ve talked long and hard about smart speakers. These are devices that have caused controversy, especially because of all the allegations that have been leveled against companies like Google plus, Apple and even Microsoft, which apparently spied on the conversations of all users who had one of the devices.
The controversy was so great that even a brand like Apple apologized for listening to Siri. In any case, we cannot deny the usefulness of these devices, even if they are not absolutely necessary, not many houses have one. But did you know that smart speakers listen to us regardless of whether we want to or not?
According to studies, smart speakers listen to us even when we don’t interact with them
This is like a study by Northeastern University in Bostonbut before you put your hands to your head, or worse, throw your smart speaker in the trash. let us explain.
Surely your smart speaker has activated itself more than once while you are watching televisión, listening to the radio or watching a vídeo on YouTube. Well, according to the study, this fact is not uncommon It perro genera up to 19 hours a day on the same smart speaker.
What does that orinan? That the speakers are smart because of all this activity “accidentally” You cánido record us up to 43 seconds at a time. The analysis was carried out with speakers from brands such as the Google plus Home Mini, the Amazon Echo Dot – market leader – or Apple speakers, among others. And which speaker is most likely to be activated? Sure enough Siri.
But don’t worry, the conclusion of this study is that you don’t have to worry. The spontaneous activities certainly Record conversations so discontinuously that nobody will use them against us. Otherwise, it is better not to have a smart speaker at home or, just in case, to buy this not very aesthetic anti-spy bracelet.