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Should you be worried about buying that voice-activated speaker?
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Last week, Apple unveiled its HomePod smart speaker, touting impressive sound quality and integration with Apple's Siri. The device joins offerings from Amazon and Google that promise to make our lives ever convenient—and brings us one step closer to a future where everything we do leaves behind a digital trace.
My sister has an Amazon Echo, and with its snarky jokes and talent for memorizing your favorite music, it's undoubtedly cool. But as I was reporting on the implications of the internet of things for the latest episode of our Decrypted podcast (click here to subscribe on Apple Podcasts), all of these little interactions with the virtual assistant began to carry a different weight.