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SOLAR_FIELDS • yesterday at 10:44 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Not enough. Many people are running Superwhisper and the like on their machines that capture the audio stream directly out of the OS and applications. Even if all the cloud recorders are removed, you must assume that unless you have the entire security provenance chain of the other person's device verified, that your words are being recorded. And fed to whatever nebulous cloud AI and services that person uses.

Even then, it's easy enough now to have a second device capture the audio, like a phone as well. Being able to reflect on meeting notes is such a powerful valuable thing for people, you can assume they are almost certainly going to be doing it.


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matheusmoreira • yesterday at 11:14 PM

The world is becoming dystopian at a rapid pace... These capabilities will be weaponized against people in ways we can't even dream of yet.

We already have products that provide active countermeasures against recording devices, an audio jammer of sorts that renders microphones unable to pick up anything. I wonder how effective they are.