It's not "invading" if you've invited them in... If you invite a friend over and then get into an argument with your spouse, they aren't invading your privacy.
Exactly what I was thinking.... there is zero chance I'll ever put any device that has said abilities in my home. I have quality speakers for listening to music.... I don't need a speaker that listens to my every conversation, keeps track of said conversation and does who knows what with that info.
Say what you want about Apple but Siri will never do such thing....she wouldn't recognize the command in the first place
I have yet to find a post from you when you are critical of Apple. Usually you only talk very positively about Apple which I find little unusual.
Regardless, Homepod is the same problem. If someone hacks in your Homepod you have a massive problem and having that device at home is a big risk.
I like the idea of Homepod at home but not with a microphone. If Apple releases one without all the ******** and gives me just a good speaker then I'll get one but I'm not buying a device with a microphone.
Your iPhone IS an internet connected speaker with a microphone. But it gets even better...it also has GPS and LTE so they can “listen to you” on the go!
Some of us always knew, others pretended they didn't. The whole big data/machine learning/social network thing is a scam, it hardly improves our lives unless we are so corrupted that we feel right when the machine thinks you are your social friends and you must think and behave like the majority does. It would never work for me. The industry is spending trillions in research, development and marketing in order to force spybots on you without giving you an alternative (helps the governments too) instead of e.g. promoting solutions that are both private and efficient. Users that do care should start learning and teaching how to be offline, underground, and critical sooner than later. it's not just the future that is dystopic, we are already experiencing it in the present.
