On Chrome for Mac OS X the setting
Enable "Ok Google" to start a voice search.
was *NOT*, I repeat NOT, enabled by default on my computer.
-BizDevCon
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Google has been stealth downloading audio listeners onto every computer that runs Chrome
Time (GMT): Jun 21 2015 22:14:03
From: alfiej@fastmail.fm
To: cypherpunks@cpunks.org
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015, at 07:41 AM, Kurt Buff wrote:
> That's pretty easy. Fire up wireshark, look for packets heading to google-
> owned addresses.
>
> Kill off processes one by one until you see those packets stop.
>
> You have found your culprit.
If you check for packets moving but see nothing, it only proves that
it's _currently_ not recording. It's the capability that they _can_ turn
it on via a push update is what get me. And all it takes is a warrant if
you're a US citizen. If not a US citizen, you're fair game.
Alfie
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