" Without consent, Google’ s code had downloaded a black box of code that – according to itself – had turned on the microphone and was actively listening to your room. Effectively, this means that Google had taken itself the right to listen to every conversation in every room that runs Chrome somewhere, without any kind of consent from the people eavesdropped on. In official statements, Google shrugged off the practice with what amounts to“ we can do that.”- Rick Falkvinge
acquisition of Dropcam, now has released a wi-fi-based home security and monitoring camera with night vision.
The official statements seem innocuous enough: " You’ ll be able to stream live footage from the Nest Cam to devices running iOS 8 or Android 4.0( and higher), and Nest is also launching its own cloud service called Nest Aware— it’ ll be a subscription service that lets you save footage for viewing later rather than live streaming," stated Nathan Ingraham of The Verge on Yahoo Tech.
In a post that appeared last week, now removed from Yahoo Tech, it was laughingly suggested that you keep the monitor on in all the rooms in your house and record everything 24 / 7- the reasoning being you could then replay the footage and solve
Here is what the setting looks like, with the default set to " Yes " for " Audio Capture Allowed ":
The drumbeat of Google ' s surveillance activities continues as Google has gained the ability to spy on you- to capture video and sound- inside your home as well as outside.
How?
In 2014 Google acquired Nest, which was selling internet-connected thermostats and fire detectors, but after Nest ' s 2014
Photo courtesy: Phil Campbell, Flickr, ph yeah boy @ dropcam in the hourse
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