Windows 10: Google Home Mini spied on user 'thousands of times a day,' sent record

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  1. BORG 386
    Borg 386 Win User

    Google Home Mini spied on user 'thousands of times a day,' sent record


    Google Home Mini spied on user 'thousands of times a day,' sent recordings to Google - TechRepublic
     
    Borg 386, Oct 13, 2017
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  2. LEHNERUS2000
    lehnerus2000 Win User

    Really?

    It seems more likely that the device was working as designed.
    Unfortunately for Google someone noticed.
    *Kill

    :)
     
    lehnerus2000, Oct 14, 2017
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  3. BREWSTERBLOCK
    BrewsterBlock Win User
    Convert Voice Recorder mp4 file to mp3

    Having recorded a New Years message using WIN10 Voice recorder, I attempted to send the resulting mp4 file to friends. The voice quality was great. I did this with a very small file and it was fine. With a larger file my EMAIL provider
    (Bell Mail) could not handle it. I sent it to myself and the media reader they use rejected it as invalid. I assumed it was the large size since the smaller file went through so I wanted to convert to mp3 since it is only audio and mp4 is more for video so
    they tell me.

    There are lots of articles saying WMP will do this - I have WMP12. Not so. The "save as" file menu item is greyed out. Lots of articles all negative about that too. Over to Microsoft.

    About ready to give up I asked my friendly Google voice on my new Google Home Mini. Voila. Instant success. It pointed me to this totally free online site and within a minute my file was converted. It sounds great as an mp3 file
    also.

    Here is the site: Free Video Converter, Online Video Downloader - OnlineVideoConverter.com

    Try it. and "Thanks Google". She said "You're Welcome"
     
    BrewsterBlock, Oct 14, 2017
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  4. TERRY B2017
    Terry B2017 Win User

    Google Home Mini spied on user 'thousands of times a day,' sent record

    I have been having trouble with large updates for a while.

    Around July 19, 2017. Maybe a few days before that. I had sent a text to my tec on that day mentioning it. On that day the PC would not connect to the router (direct wire no WIFI) until I restarted the PC. I didn't record the first time, wish I did.
     
    Terry B2017, Oct 14, 2017
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  5. BORG 386
    Borg 386 Win User
    That's exactly what I was thinking also. Perhaps they were testing the boundaries to see how long they could get away with it.
     
    Borg 386, Oct 14, 2017
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  6. ANDRETEN
    AndreTen Win User
    *Mad big guys really don't play to any rules... Thanks for the heads up Borg
     
    AndreTen, Apr 4, 2018
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