Google could owe you some money, now that it’s moving to settle a class-action lawsuit over how it handled recordings captured when its devices were activated by something other than Google Assistant’s actual trigger word, « Ok Google. » German outlet VRT NWS‘s 2019 report exposed the issue, and court filings from last Friday say the proposed settlement number is $68 million, as reported previously by Reuters.
The lawsuit accuses Google of « unlawful and intentional recording of individuals’ confidential communications without their consent, » during these « False Accepts. » VRT NWS reported that human workers who analyzed Assistant audio clips …
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