There is always a debate about is big companies are listening to us and Privacy always a hot topic in this era so Let’s talk about this subject and do a little test about.
Can Google listen everything I say?
Well, did you aware Google is always listening? Your devices related to big companies can use audio to for product create a better user experience.
If research by this team of Belgian investigative journalists is to be believed, then yes, it’s technically possible. The team discovered that recordings are held on a backend system, ready to be played back by analysts. And not only that, but a number of these recordings shouldn’t have been recorded in the first place.
When you look into legal and privacy issue mostly these big companies use the audio to just process and doesn’t take account with real identities because if there is a data related to user with ongoing listening it will eventually create a big case so mostly these companies trying to avoid these actions so we can assume yes they are listening for creating for better experince via AI processing but they are not link to data with realy identities.
What is Google’s stance on privacy?
Google values privacy but has faced challenges. Recently, a lawsuit was filed against Google's parent company, Alphabet, for a privacy issue in Google+ that may have exposed 500,000 people's information. Despite this, Google emphasizes its commitment to privacy, particularly at home. They provide a guide explaining how data from home devices like Google Home, Nest, Google WiFi, and Chromecast is handled and stored, useful for users of these products.
How to stop Big Companies listening to your conversations?
Well, mostly In this century almost everyting connected to internet and avoiding the leaking your own data to big data is nearly impossible so there is no certain answer for it but they are giving you to options the using your Anonymous data on improve user experience, basically when you get asked say “No”. If there is no option or there is no guidelines of processing the user data just try to avoid using it.
Live Test by Mitchollow
A Youtuber tried this test. First they just don’t talk about subject then he just talked about “Dog Toys” subject and afterwards happens is really amusing and shocking Google and the other big companies just started to show “Dog Toys” ads.