Google to Use PC Microphones to Listen In?

seriv writes "The Register reports that Google plans to use PC microphones to collect statistics on a user's environment. Peter Norvig, who directs research at Google, told Technology Review that this software would start to show up in Google software 'sooner rather than later'. The software collects short sound clips and removes background noise. Google then targets its ads based on the statistics collected. With the current level of online privacy, this new level of invasion would seem to have frightening possibilities."

Comments

Re:I call bullshit.

[mabhatter654]

never thing companies aren't that stupid!

cough.. ATT (NSA)

cough, cough, verison (NSA)

cough, cough, cough GM (remember that OnStar can spy when you're not using it)

and god knows what Microsoft has given to keep their monopoly