Smart Speakers Violating Privacy? Google Home Mini Starts Abruptly Recording User 24/7

Smart speakers might be selling in millions, however, the safety issues with the device persist, especially in the absence of any government restrictions on internet-of-things devices. The recent discovery by Android Police's Artem Russakovskii who was reviewing the Google Home Mini speaker, just before its launch, that the smart speaker had abruptly started recording him 24/7. Google has acknowledged the problem after Russakovskii published his account on Tuesday, but the whole issue exposes the larger issue when it comes to smart speakers. Smart speakers are generally programmed to respond to certain voice commands such as "Ok, Google." Only when such commands are given, do the onboard microphones on the smart speakers start recording the user's response.