Key Highlights
- Plaintiffs alleged that they were targeted with ads based on conversations that Assistant was never supposed to be listening to.
- Despite its willingness to settle, Google denies any wrongdoing.
- How much of your life have you lived with a smart speaker listening in on you?
- The original Google Home turns 10 later this year, and Amazon Echo’s been around even longer.
- For as convenient as this kind of smart home hardware can be, are we sacrificing too much of our privacy by having it around?
