According to Falkvinge, Google is doing this without the permission of the user.
The code switches on the microphone to enable it to eavesdrop into your room.
However, the problem is that the code seems to have activated eavesdropping on conversations in your room.
Falkvinge reasons questionably that the voice command is examined by Googles servers and not by your gear.
Google has apparently quietly introduced a switch that allows you to opt out to solve the problem.
Thus, they are unaware of the requirement to opt out to protect their privacy.
But Google attempts to excuse itself stating that its action were not actually enabling the code.
Falkvinges argument is closely connected in the context of recent Snowden disclosures of NSA secretly watching over peoples privacy.
Another reader pointed out the danger for users.
Source:Inquisitr
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