2015-06-22 7:08 GMT+09:00 Travis Biehn <[1]tbiehn@gmail.com>:

     ) it locally processes for the trigger phrase

   Oh, it does, it turns it into vocal-elements for remote analysis. This
   might seem silly to you. It does to me too. It also reduces the quality
   of the service; waiting (several?) round trips over (intentionally
   delayed to discourage voice calling) 3g networks is not a pleasant
   experience. But then, I am just a little programmer, and I know little
   of such things.
   Perhaps the 'OK, Google' is processed locally (idk). Still didn't agree
   to it.
   Lastly, and importantly, they're making chromium users download a
   binary. They bypass the usual distribution channels (that take in
   auditable source code), exposing how those channels were not secure in
   the first place. (no approved program should be allowed to subvert the
   security measures in this manner.) Falkenvinge would rather we'd blame
   Google.
   iOS takes it up a notch, and sends voice samples out to third parties
   for validation of accuracy.

References

   1. mailto:tbiehn@gmail.com