[PLUG] /not/ OK, Google

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 2 Jul 2015, King Beowulf wrote:

> link above points to a bit of a sensationalist rag;  here's a better one
> with better comments:
> https://lwn.net/Articles/648392/
> Although troubling, this is not as scary as some claim, just a new
> "feature" forvoice command   activation.
> Now that its been identified, the offending code can be easily stripped out.

Ed,

   Except for those who use chrome rather than chromium. Does this apply to
all those using phones with android?

   Thanks for the URL to a less excited report. I suspect that AlienBOB will
fix his Slackware chromiums to disable this feature.

Rich