Google’s Nest Security System Is Listening In On You With Embedded Microphones
DAGNY TAGGERT
ActivistPost.com
2/25/2019
Surprise! Another smart home device has the ability to spy on people.
I doubt anyone who is reading this will be shocked by this news, but here we go.
Back in early February, tech giant Google announced that Nest Secure, its home security and alarm system, was now compatible with the company’s Home Assistant voice-control function.
Here is an excerpt from that announcement:
Nest Secure has supported Google Assistant integration for quite some time, but with this most recent update, the product is taking that to a new level by turning itself into a Google Assistant speaker. This is just like what the Nest Cam IQ did last year. With the flip of a switch in the Nest app, you can set the Secure as an always-listening Assistant speaker. (source)
The problem?
Nest users didn’t know a microphone existed on their security device, to begin with.
In order to be compatible with a voice control feature, the device would need to have a microphone.
But Google never mentioned there was a microphone embedded in the device.
That important detail was never disclosed in any of the product material for the device, which has been on the market since 2017.
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