cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/41122324
Google did not admit wrongdoing in the settlement of the class-action case, which accused the firm of “unlawful and intentional interception and recording of individuals’ confidential communications without their consent and subsequent unauthorized disclosure of those communications to third parties.”
My understanding of false accepts is when it think it hears the wake word and starts recording.
Sometimes it happens when I watch TV or rarely in a normal conversation.
If this happens, what else would you expect to happen? It’s going to behave exactly as if you woke it.
Stop talking if you notice, but unless you expect a perfect wake word rate with zero mistakes there’s nothing that can be done.
Now, if Google is intentionally waking it when it knows it’s not the right word that’s another matter entirely.
Edit: I’d refuse to accept any wrong doikg as well if it’s legit false accepts. But if it was intentional, this isn’t even a slap on the wrist for them.