“Oh I soooo want Google Home,” one woman said to her colleague as they commuted into the city.
The benefits were self-evident, she said, like being able ask the omnipresent connected listening device to convert ounces into grams when cooking in the kitchen, “But because my husband works with computers — like, how do I describe it, like…”
“Like a competitor?” The colleague asked.
“No, not a competitor, but he works with like with spyware and that sort of stuff, Google products are off the shopping list.”
The colleague made a sympathetic disappointed noise, “I love my Google Home. It’s so good.”
“He’s concerned about like security and hacking and stuff.”
“Oh yeah, but you know, you’d like to think a company like Google would be protected from hackers and stuff,” the colleague said.
“Yeah if you couldn’t trust Google, who could you trust? They’d have to be safe from all that. They’re so big.”
“Exactly. It’s just so great, so convenient, just being able to ask it anything…”
“My husband always talks about how these things are always listening…but seriously, good luck to anyone listening to our conversations. They’d be bored in a few seconds!”
