[rickncliff]

It's unfortunate that this almarmist technophobic slant is considered worthy journalism.

[mirimir]

If they did the voice recognition locally, there wouldn't be a privacy issue. And that would arguably be far cooler technology.

[tomc1985]

Exactly. Cloud-powered voice assistants are thoroughly uninteresting and a huge privacy concern. Local, 100% in-device processing should be the future and if that were the case this link would indeed be "alarmist"

[chillwaves]

If the community did not value this viewpoint, you would not see it on the front page. Perhaps your disdain is misdirected.