Can you trust your home smart speaker?

CBC News | Posted: January 2, 2019 1:07 PM | Last Updated: January 2, 2019

Image | Smart speakers from Amazon, Google, Apple, Harman Kardon

Caption: Four smart speaker models, from left to right: Amazon's Echo, Google's Google Home, Apple's HomePod, and Harman Kardon's Invoke, powered by Microsoft's voice-recognition software. (Reuters/Peter Hobson, Reuters/Beck Diefenbach, Reuters/Stephen Lam, Harman Kardon)

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"I have a love-hate relationship with it."

CBC senior technology reporter Matthew Braga, explains how smart speakers work, why companies like Google and Amazon want you to have one in your home, and what privacy issues you should consider before setting up a Google Home or an Amazon Echo on your kitchen counter.

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Can you trust your home smart speaker?

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