They record audio and convert it to text locally so it has virtually infinite storage of everything it hears and uses almost no bandwidth to transmit everything once Internet is reconnected.
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Deep@mander.xyz 8 hours agoThe device record audio, even without internet.
Check the video for more info.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
kettuli@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Yes, my only hope is that it relies on a wlan connection, which I simply won’t grant it.
WolvenSpectre@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
Well then you don’t have much hope at all.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Never let it connect to internet.
This is a temporary solution though. One day they’ll just give it cellular connectivity once it gets cheap enough. And this is terrifying because by then there will be no escape from their surveillance short of hacking into it or putting it in a faraday cage.
50MYT@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
As someone who works in this space, it’s got a way to go as the data costs globally for this kind of plan are still bonkers.