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Tell your Google Assistant what to do, it does. It accesses
your voice and operates as per your instructions. But on the aisle, are you
sure about the safety of your voice which is being recorded and captured by the
Google Assistant, stirring data safety concerns among the end users.
Over the past three months, only 0.2% of all the snippets
were reviewed. Google has paused the human transcription globally due to the
ongoing EU investigation after a transcriber has leaked the confidential data
of 1,000 audio files to the Belgium publication.
On the other hand, Apple also revealed that a certain portion
of Siri recordings were heard by humans. Like Amazon and Google, Apple doesn't
have a doorway to check the data collected and the data to be deleted.
In its bid to keep everything transparent with the existing
users and the public, Google has published a blog post, which tells us about
how it protects the privacy of the users.
The company has also put in new changes to improve the Google
Assistant, where the Voice & Audio Activity can be enabled as per the
preference of the user. If you don't want the VAA, no data is reviewed by human
reviewers, assures the tech giant.
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| Google CEO Sundar Pichai announcing the new features of Google Assistant, Reuters |
Soon, Google
also added a hotword sensitivity option to avoid unintentional activations and
ensure clarity over voice attempts of "Hey Google" or "Ok
Google"
Finally,
Google is striving to ward off fears, ensure safety of the end users, and
deduce the amount of audio data storage, adds Tasca, Senior Product Manager of
Google Assistant.
Google also
said that, "it's always good to give more control to the users,"
especially when it comes to collection of data.
Source: ibtimes
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