Discussion

• @joshconstine Josh Constine on x

  @Techmeme The true potential of Facebook's Portal TV? Just hanging out. Like Fortnite, video co-watching on the couch gives us to be together, apart. The clip-on camera might be unique enough to offset the creepiness https://twitter.com/...

• @heatherkelly Heather Kelly on x

  Facebook Portals make up an estimated 4% of smart-display sales. That's not stopping Facebook from making more, for some reason. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @gpollowitz Greg Pollowitz on x

  how f*cking stupid are people if they trust Facebook with this? https://twitter.com/...

• @boztank Boz on x

  Today we're announcing the new Portal, Portal Mini and Portal TV. With new features, lower price point and the engineering work to get us here, we're still most proud of how video calling feels on these devices. https://newsroom.fb.com/...

• @rh_brown Rich Brown on x

  Facebook has taken some commendable privacy steps for its new Portal video chatting hardware, but I'm not sure anything could be enough to get me to trust this company. @meganwollerton also doesn't see the appeal: https://www.cnet.com/... pic.twitter.com/s6nW0eXoid

• @tomwarren Tom Warren on x

  Facebook just launched a video camera that looks like Kinect for your TV. A Facebook-controller camera in my living room? no thanks https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @ow Owen Williams on x

  Facebook continues to be the most tone deaf company in tech. Here's a camera for your tv from a company that I definitely would never let put a camera in my home!!!1 https://www.theverge.com/...

• @amahnke Aaron Mahnke on x

  I'd rather let a mountain lion live in my house. https://twitter.com/...

• @saysdana @saysdana on x

  What? Oh hell no. https://twitter.com/...

• @iansherr Ian Sherr on x

  Not defending Facebook here, especially because opt-in seems to be the way politically things are headed after how Apple handled Siri, but at least FB doesn't bury the opt-out option. @boztank told me it'll be part of the setup process now. Small progress is still progress https:…

• @sarahfrier Sarah Frier on x

  Last month we broke the news that FB contractors had been listening to user audio. Contractors didn't know where from. Facebook said Messenger, and said the work had been paused. https://www.bloomberg.com/... They didn't mention they also collected audio from Portal: https://twit…

• @silviakillings Silvia Killingsworth on x

  We've Been Hearing You https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @business @business on x

  Facebook will still collect and transcribe “Hey Portal” commands if users don't change the default settings https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @joshconstine Josh Constine on x

  @Techmeme Facebook VP Boz defends keeping human reviews of voice clips on by default, saying recognition needs to improve to help those with accents or speech impediments https://techcrunch.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @shiraovide Shira Ovide on x

  Facebook paused having staff/contractors listen to audio clips from Portal devices—which it hadn't disclosed, or not clearly. Now it's restarting the human review, but with disclosure and more control. So yay, I guess? https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @canterrain Josh Hendrickson on x

  This is why people don't trust tech companies. “We know it makes you uncomfortable, but we're gonna do it anyway. So you should totally buy our listening devices.” Combined with “We promise not to do a scary privacy-related thing without telling you... again. Cross our hearts.” h…

• @vladsavov @vladsavov on x

  Facebook has been storing all your ‘Hey Portal’ voice commands — by default and without an opt-out — and sending them to contractors to transcribe. It paused that last month, but is soon resuming it with an opt-out. Great reporting by @KurtWagner8. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @the_dools Abdullah Hasan on x

  Make it opt-in. Opt-out is a sham. https://twitter.com/...