Google Hangouts: Too smart for privacy? ZDNet

An Engadget report published last week, "Hangouts eavesdrops on your chats to offer'smart suggestions'" describes a new "spy/valet" feature being added to Google's popular video chat tool. "Google's Hangouts is gaining a handy, but slightly creepy new feature today. The popular chat app will now act as a digital spy-slash-valet by eavesdropping on your conversations to offer'smart suggestions.' For instance, if a pal asks'where are you?' it'll immediately prompt you to share your location, then open a map so you can pin it precisely." It's sad that this sort of thing still gets meekly labeled as "creepy".