Feature concern/question for us looking forward to Denim

[beman39]

dude I know what it is, I wasn't going to get into the details of what a sub routine voice activated command is or isn't... and trying to be mr smart you missed the WHOLE point of my post :wink:

 

[a5cent]

dude I know what it is, I wasn't going to get into the details of what a sub routine voice activated command is or isn't... and trying to be mr smart you missed the WHOLE point of my post :wink:

If you wouldn't have taken offense, you would have seen that I didn't miss your point, but was just trying to emphasize it even further. It's not even a small app... :wink:

 

[blackdaemon]

In layman terms, simple answer would be "no, you should not be worried about privacy when using Hey Cortana feature". I believe you are not ready to accept more technical explanation (which previous commenters had already provided and you dismissed it). If you are so worried about privacy, you should NOT be using a smartphone. Companies like Google, Apple and Microsoft already know too much about you anyway. As said, any application running under lock screen can listen to you and send data anywhere without your knowledge. And you asked about terms & conditions, AFAIK, MS is stating that they are not sending any data nor voice sample to any servers, it stays on your device (and there is really no technical reason to do it otherwise). If I would be Microsoft and I would want to spy on you, I wouldn't really need Hey Cortana to do that and I would be already doing it for years.

 

[floppyedonkey]

Another interesting article out today about my exact concern. Samsung openly acknowledges their smart TVs listen to personal conversations and transmit back to Samsung and third parties.... again another reason to seriously think about Cortana.

Be Careful What You Say Around Your Samsung Smart TV | Video | PCMag.com

 

[RumoredNow]

Help me out here. What is the danger?

You have "Hey Cortana" active on your phone... Then, as an example, you mention to a friend how you stole a candy bar at the store... Who do you suppose is monitoring a billion human beings to sort out your one faux pas among the billions of sets of data "being captured?" Who is doing this and how will they treat the info?

Please outline a scenario so we can all understand better.

What triggers the active action regarding what is said vs passive monitoring for a specific command phrase? How are our conversations going to be less private and held against us? Please provide specifics.

 

[Laura Knotek]

The question has been answered, so this thread is now closed.