Google is forced to shut down Home Mini feature that quietly records everything

Last week, Google launched Home Mini, a $49 voice-enabled speaker that turned out to have the interesting habit of recording every damn sound in your house, and sending them to Google servers. Funny, isn't it? 

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This is what happened to journalist Artem Russakovskii at Android Police after he came back home from the Google launch in event in San Francisco with his shiny new Home Mini and placed it in his bathroom (!). 

Home assistants all work in a similar way: you say a hotword — "Alexa" for Amazon Echo, "Hey Google" for Google Homes — and they switch on, ready to record your question/order, send it to the cloud, and then answer/execute your order.  Read more...

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