Google’s Nest Hub Max is always watching. Is it a time saving assistant or another assault on our privacy? Photo: Geoffrey Fowler/Washington Post Google’s Nest Hub Max is always watching. Is it a time saving assistant or another assault on our privacy? Photo: Geoffrey Fowler/Washington Post
Google’s Nest Hub Max is always watching. Is it a time saving assistant or another assault on our privacy? Photo: Geoffrey Fowler/Washington Post

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Is the Google Nest Hub Max a clever, convenient assistant or a breach of your privacy?

  • Google has updated its AI smart speaker, but its new face-tracking technology will be seen by many as too intrusive
  • Its wide-angle lens scans the room for your face and tracks your hand movements; living with it embodied the cognitive dissonance of being a gadget guy in 2019

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Updated: 8:08pm, 15 Sep, 2019

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Google’s Nest Hub Max is always watching. Is it a time saving assistant or another assault on our privacy? Photo: Geoffrey Fowler/Washington Post Google’s Nest Hub Max is always watching. Is it a time saving assistant or another assault on our privacy? Photo: Geoffrey Fowler/Washington Post
Google’s Nest Hub Max is always watching. Is it a time saving assistant or another assault on our privacy? Photo: Geoffrey Fowler/Washington Post
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