For simplicity, I assume that anything connected to the internet and has a microphone or camera can be tapped. The question is not “if” but “when” your product will appear in the news.

I still have equipment with a microphone, so in that respect I am in conscious danger.

But then, who exactly am I? Not a political activist. Not filthy rich. Unknown. In other words, no one cares. Just as no one has tried to break into my house yet. In other words, the risk of being exploited by malicious people seems to me to be zero. (By the way, I have not had any “voice” services turned on, but I also do not rule out the possibility that device manufacturers may be taking illegal “samples.” Again, there is little chance that this could happen to me.)

Then the effect:
They said I was fighting with my kids about screen time.
Discussing with my wife who put the car keys in the wrong place.
They can analyze that I live a very boring civilian life.

Mind you, I’m not saying I’m okay with people eavesdropping on me. It’s not because I have nothing to hide, I just want to throw all the windows and doors open and let everyone know everything about me.
But that’s my risk/impact analysis. If it did happen, it would be an annoying invasion of my privacy. But I wouldn’t risk any real harm. I’d rather the Sonos Arc didn’t have a microphone at all. Although the software is supposed to turn it off.

Was I a celebrity, a political activist, or filthy rich? Then I would have other devices, a more secure network, a phone for entertainment (and the “entertainment” and my mistresses I would attract) and a separate, very secure phone for my day-to-day activities as a celebrity, politician, or businessman that would make me rich.

[Reactie gewijzigd door Stpan op 10 augustus 2024 14:55]