Eli5: How does Google ‘listen’ to you? Is there actually a program running in the background on your phone that records your voice and sends it to google?
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For sure there’s an algorithm that listens to what one says. This is the one that starts the assistant when one says “ok Google” or “hey Google”. We don’t know the full extent of that algorithm. We only know it turns the assistant on in the cases explained above. But technically it might record much more data. Of course, if that’s the case, it should be explained in the terms and conditions, and it is not.
Actually, you can even find the recordings of your voice in your Google account:
https://myactivity.google.com/activitycontrols/webandapp?utm_source=my-activity&hl=en&product=29
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