Google preps Pixel ‘Audio Memory’ that ambiently tracks your ‘important conversations,’ like AI notetaker pins
2026-06-22 20:55 UTC
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@db2@lemmy.world 2026-06-22 22:43
I already get “random” ads for things that were only part of a verbal conversation that happened to be near the phone. What I want is a physical kill switch for the mic and camera, less surveillance not more.
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@DarkCloud@lemmy.world 2026-06-22 21:15
Welcome to your “I only buy vintage tech” era. Mine started when 3.5 mm audio jacks started disappearing. We all draw a line.
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@WesternInfidels@feddit.online 2026-06-22 22:09
It’s easy to imagine scenarios where something like this could be useful. Sometimes very, very useful. “Hey Google, I spent the last 20 minutes speaking to a police officer, be sure to keep and transcribe all that.” But no one’s going to trust it (no one should trust it) because it’s offered by a big tech company. “Of course this new service is designed to be used against us,” we correctly assume.
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@kibblebits@quokk.au 2026-06-22 21:10
The biggest douchbags in the world, besides billionaires, are the people who still use Google—including Gmail and chromium based browsers. Are you a douchebag? Let me hear your crybaby bullshit. (Not you OP)
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@oats@piefed.zip 2026-06-23 00:35
Illegal in Germany. You may not record conversations, if you try to enter something like that as evidence you’ll get punished as well. I suspect there are many countries with laws like that, and if your phone actually disables the feature when you enter them or just let’s you hang to dry…
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@starblursd@lemmy.zip 2026-06-23 03:54
I hope this is exclusive to newer models and leaves my 8 pro alone… fuck Google
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@lemmyng@lemmy.world 2026-06-22 21:25
Reason n+1 for me being thankful for switching to GrapheneOS.
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@FireWire400@lemmy.world 2026-06-23 05:58
How do I opt-out?
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@LievitoPadre@feddit.it 2026-06-23 05:58
I believe that the idea is genuinely good; however if you think about all the data that leaves your phone and that can be used for tracking, spying and so on, it gets disgusting.
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@nevyn@slrpnk.net 2026-06-24 04:46
Interesting how the majority of the comments refer to you being monitored on your own phone, ignoring that you will be monitored on everyone else’s phone as well.
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@4grams@awful.systems 2026-06-24 00:03
This is really about training AI, isn’t it. They’ve tapped nearly all the sources of human text output already, so now they want to create as much more of it as possible, as quickly as possible. They will tap into conversations and use it as a new data source, mark my words.
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@minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-24 05:12
The internet is becoming a hostile place, filled with predators and hazards, a privilege only of the wealthy, the powerful and their slaves, was not on my bingo card for things I’d live through. I feel I may have no choice but to genuinely disconnect from all of it in my private life.
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@Wooki@lemmy.world 2026-06-24 05:27
This will be quite illegal in all countries and states that require 2 party consent at minimum. Incoming Google lawsuits in 3, 2, 1.
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@pingveno@lemmy.world 2026-06-24 05:40
Setting aside corporate surveillance, I have started to have a love/hate relationship with AI transcriptions in meetings. My auditory processing isn’t great, so it is nice to have notes. And it’s not replacing a job that someone was doing before. At the same time, it makes me feel more on edge. Everything I say becomes part of a permanent record. And I am part of a public institution, so that is subject to FOIA requests AFAIK.
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@iterable@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-23 17:18
Dumb phones are about to start trending more and more every day.
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@phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2026-06-24 07:24
OK, how do you disable it permanently? Besides Graphene or mobile Linux?