Privacy

tunf

Hi all,

in the following (dutch) item http://www.nu.nl/internet/4371498/amazon-wil-gegevens-slimme-speaker-niet-delen-in-moordonderzoek.html there is a question that triggerd my wife and me to ask, do we want a microphone to listen to us all the time. I think the echo is collecting all the time and therefore fast in response and violating privacy. We do not know how homey is handling this. Can this be explained? so is homey collecting data, if so what and wich way?

Can we be sure that device and logging of the use are our property and encrypted?

MHubert

Http://forum.athom.com/discussion/1749/intensify-privacy

Mathijs

Just like the Homey the Amazon echo only listens for it's key phrase. When it gets that one it activates and any follow up WILL be send online. But the idea that any of these devices sends everything it picks up to it's servers is silly. Anybody with a network scanner can see exactly what the Homey (or Echo) send out. 

bvdbos

The case for analysing is that there's probably a temp-file with recorded sound all the time which gets compared to the keyphrase and is deleted automagically (or would this be stored in memory and does the recognition-software trigger on a certain pattern in a specific memory-block?) .

MHubert

Law enforcement can do much more then we can imagine;
https://tweakers.net/nieuws/119371/documenten-tonen-wat-forensisch-bedrijf-uit-onversleutelde-iphones-haalt.html

Not saying this is happening NOW with homey. 
For android it's, if I'm informed right, possible that law enforcement enables the mic of remotely(little Jeroen gets into your homey to flip the switch).