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Home assistant adopter beware: Google, Amazon digital assistant patents reveal plans for mass snooping — Consumer Watchdog

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of privacy…

A study of patent applications associated with digital assistants reveal plans for massive surveillance of users’ homes, Consumer Watchdog warns.

Here is the link – http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/privacy-technology/home-assistant-adopter-beware-google-amazon-digital-assistant-patents-reveal

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