Re: [projectvrm] Google on SEC document:" ads on refrigerators, car dshboards, thermostats, glasses, and watches, to name just a few possibilities."

[Ben Werdmuller < >]

Fun trick: walk into a quiet room full of geeks, and say, "okay, Google".

I strongly agree with this. I'd actually happily go back to a world where we had to plug the microphone into a jack. Another part of ownership is controlling what kinds of input you provide; I strongly dislike the new trend for apps to oversample your context.

On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Dan Lyke < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Ben Werdmuller < "> > wrote:
> Our connected devices have mostly always been contextual sensors
> linked to advertising, but this kind of levels it up. Related: Facebook
> is going to start turning on the microphone when you write posts, so
> it can learn more about the music you're listening to (etc) while you're
> publishing.

So I generally buy computers when they're cheap on WOOT, but: I will
pay a premium if my next computer (and maybe even my phone) has a
physical disconnect switch for the microphone. I already do the
Post-It note over the camera thing, but audio is harder...

Dan

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