Google promised to keep data from the phone calls private.
I already have a system where, if someone calls me, it’s probably a scam.
If they leave a voicemail then its more legit but yea same here. I’d rather not have my phone calls be used as AI training.
That’s how I know it’s real. If they don’t leave a message they don’t care enough. The only people I want to talk to are like my doctors offices. My friends and family text and message.
I literally ignore all unknown numbers. I also ignore the doorbell if I don’t expect someone or something. If it is important then just send me a letter.
my system is if you’re not in my contacts my phone doesn’t ring.
Prevent 100% of crime by having a police officer in your home 24/7.
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Google promised
You mean the company that got rid of their previous motto of “do no evil”?
Cmon they pinky promised what else do you need ? Take that tinfoil hat off .
Google promised I lol’d
The company that sells your information to scammers has an idea on how to prevent them. What a load.
Google already prevents 100% of the scams on my phone without doing this. I haven’t had any spam or scam calls in years.
What a coincidence!
Don’t worry everyone, I’m sure all the voice data will be anonymized.
It is truly a boring dystopia when we need AI to help protect ourselves against scammers. At least the overhyped buzzword found one application positive for humanity.
Google exists to make money off of you. Unless you are actually paying them, you are the product. It’s that simple.
Take with a grain of salt any claims they make about you regarding services they will offer you for free.
Paying for a product doesn’t mean you are not the product. Corpos will double dip when they have the option.
Modern cars collect huge amounts of data on their drivers despite the company making money from selling the car. Stores will sell your purchase history to advertisers. You can’t trust any one with data about you.
Yes, excellent point. Realistically we should trust no one who stands to make money off of us, even if we are already giving them money.
Google literally pays this fake news site to post these clown ideas to see how public reacts to them.
Remember to not click that link :)
Don’t feed the fake news machine, if Sundar the Creep wants your opinion, it can scrap it out of here
I don’t think business insider qualifies as fake news site. Does it?
Business Insider was launched in 2007[7] and is based in Manhattan. Founded by DoubleClick’s former CEO Kevin P. Ryan, Dwight Merriman, and Henry Blodget,[
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Insider
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_P._Ryan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Blodget
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_P._Ryan
I doubt with a bench like that they report anything against their class or financial interest aka fake news for plebs to consume to get their thinking “right”
But either way, that article is paid advert/engagement slop masquerading as journalism.
I see what you mean but for me when I think of fake news sites, this comes to mind:
As much as this is a fucking privacy nightmare, if it were an Opt-in only service it could be a godsend for the vulnerable and elderly.
The elderly have nothing to lose anymore since google accidentally deleted their pensions
nah I’ll stick with steve smith trying to sell me car insurance for gift cards, ty
Given the rarity in which I use my phone as a phone, they can knock themselves out with the bot call hangups that make up almost 100% of my call logs.
I hope this isn’t enabled by default.
I don’t need Google’s help keeping my phone from getting spam calls.
I’ve had the tiny modicom of mindfulness required to keep myself from sticking my number everywhere. I can’t believe this isn’t curriculum for public schooling at this point. Spam calls should and could be a problem that dies with the earlier generations of cell phone users.
Part of the issue is the government’s doing yes, but, the lack of laws protecting Cell phone users from spam calls does NOT mean we’ll always have bunches of spam calls.
I very, very, rarely get spam calls. I’m talking like… maybe one every 2-3 months.
I’ve had this same number since 2006, so its not like its new. I’ve just always avoided putting my number into forms/profiles of any kind until I’ve actually weighed the need to do so. Sure, its meant that I have declined many conveniences and have occasionally been made fun of or “missed out” over the years, though I’d say less so as I’ve aged.
I just treat my phone number with the same guardedness as I do my routing and accounting info.
The article discusses scam calls, not spam calls.
I got that fake Microsoft support scam call only once, back in early 2000s, on my parent’s land line.
Spammers call random number in France, so not putting your number everywhere is useless.
