A few years back, Adam Curry on the No Agenda Show was messing around with a Raspberry Pi-hole. He happened to notice that every time someone just walked in front of his Nest thermostat, he could see the burst of traffic trying to make it's way back to SkyNet.
I don't recall he looked into it any further. It turns out that Nest Thermostats include both proximity and motion sensors: Sensors in Google Nest devices.
I doubt one in 100 people with these devices realize that fact, and far fewer than that know it's all "phoned home". I suspect it's a bare handful are consciously aware that: "Google knows if you're home, and is watching and listening to you right now." Even if you don't consider it dangerous in any way, it's creepy as hell.
A few years back, Adam Curry on the No Agenda Show was messing around with a Raspberry Pi-hole. He happened to notice that every time someone just walked in front of his Nest thermostat, he could see the burst of traffic trying to make it's way back to SkyNet.
What was the traffic?
I don't recall he looked into it any further. It turns out that Nest Thermostats include both proximity and motion sensors: Sensors in Google Nest devices.
I doubt one in 100 people with these devices realize that fact, and far fewer than that know it's all "phoned home". I suspect it's a bare handful are consciously aware that: "Google knows if you're home, and is watching and listening to you right now." Even if you don't consider it dangerous in any way, it's creepy as hell.