DID you know that Google has been recording you without your knowledge?
The technology giant has effectively turned millions of its users" smartphones into listening devices that can capture intimate conversations - even when they aren"t in the room.
If you run Android software on your smartphone, Google may have been recording you every day - without you knowing
If you own an Android phone, it"s likely that you"ve used Google"s Assistant, which is similar to Apple"s Siri.
Google says it only turns on and begins recording when you utter the words "OK Google".
But a Sun investigation has found that the virtual assistant is a little hard of hearing.
In some cases, just saying "OK" in conversation prompted it to switch on your phone and record around 20 seconds of audio.
It regularly switches on the microphone as you go about your day-to-day activities, none the wiser.
Here"s how Google Assistant stores what you"re saying
Once Google is done recording, it uploads the audio files to its computer servers - often dubbed "the cloud".
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