• whatwhatwutyut@midwest.social
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    11 months ago

    Man, the real problem with smart devices is that most of the time they don’t listen to me. I can’t count the times that I’ve had to repeat “Hey Google” 4 times, louder every time, until it finally hears me. And then starts playing music instead of turning off the lights.

    In all seriousness I do agree though - it really is a balancing act between convenience and security.

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      11 months ago

      You’re forgetting the 1/100 time where you say nothing and it decides to start listening.

      Glad I don’t have any of that garbage around now.

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        11 months ago

        I’ve seen it happen with my mother’s Alexa, but not with my Google Home. And when hers does start listening it stops pretty quick when it realizes that it misheard the wake word.