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Do I want an always-on digital assistant listening in all the time?

  • Written by Heather Woods, Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Technology, Kansas State University
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The smart device market is exploding. Smart home kits for retrofitting “non-smart” houses have become cheaper. Earlier this year, Apple released the HomePod speaker, the company’s response to dominant smart devices Google Home and Amazon Echo. Amazon, too, is expanding its...

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