Oops! We neglected to mention we're recording everything you do while fronting as a security device. The fact that we can record you is in no way intentional, a mic must have just fallen into the device. https://t.co/ebNdMnD8jZ

— Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) February 20, 2019

Google says Nest microphone was 'never supposed to be a secret' - Business Insider https://t.co/B7c0vR1Atd

— DL⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@DianeLong22) February 20, 2019

The crazy thing about this whole Google Nest, hidden microphone thing is that all the inexpensive smart TVs that people are filling their houses with also have microphones in them. And those TVs are actively sending data. By design.#YouAreTheProduct https://t.co/KoQYNHGSIK

— Bryan William Jones (@BWJones) February 20, 2019

Another disgusting day for surveillance capitalism —Google calls violating user trust and privacy an “error” instead of admitting they intentionally putting listening devices into our homes with Nest security devices as a front. https://t.co/bB067FTwDs

— UBDI (@UBDIncome) February 20, 2019

Google says the secret microphone was an "error." Try again. Errors are not intentional. https://t.co/29byKU2Zyg

— The Tor Project (@torproject) February 20, 2019

Google did not disclose that its home security system, Nest Secure, contained microphones. https://t.co/TAGVQLLJQO Until Google gives up its surveillance economy business model, every Google device is potential spyware. ProtonMail puts user privacy (not advertising) first.

— ProtonMail (@ProtonMail) February 20, 2019

Google announced that its home security and alarm system Nest Secure would be getting an update enabling its virtual-assistant technology, Google Assistant.

The problem: Nest users didn't know a microphone existed on their security device to begin with. https://t.co/O4RBaBKOFa

— Jesse Felder (@jessefelder) February 20, 2019

#userprivacy #dataprivacy

VIA @businessinsider

Google says the built-in microphone it never told Nest users about was 'never supposed to be a secret' ?

More ? https://t.co/BhQHGrlobH@hessiejones @BillMew @aselawaid @thomaspower @schmarzo @AlaricAloor @privacyguru @gvalan

— Archonsec (@archonsec) February 20, 2019

Spying on you at home: Google claims that its hidden microphone in your Nest home security system was an "error" and "never supposed to be a secret." https://t.co/tvxItTqzzZ

— J Michael Waller ❌ (@JMichaelWaller) February 20, 2019

Surprise! Your thermostat has an always-on microphone in it https://t.co/SLly6ag8Xn

— Mark O. Riedl (@mark_riedl) February 20, 2019

Google "forgot" to mention the microphone built into its Nest Guard product. https://t.co/8ZtXbayBoZ

— Drew_CM (@Drew_CM) February 20, 2019

Too. Much. Power.https://t.co/WXbrQrGw8G

— Eric Weinstein (@EricRWeinstein) February 20, 2019

How does Google forget to mention their home security device has a cloud connected microphone? #NestSecure https://t.co/kSXkGk1RC7

— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) February 20, 2019

Wha?!?

"The on-device microphone was never intended to be a secret and should have been listed in the tech specs. That was an error on our part," the spokesperson said.https://t.co/P8GswKzWyx

— Charlie Kindel (@ckindel) February 20, 2019

Google’s response to the secret mic that wasn’t supposed to be secret: “Oops.” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://t.co/Yy9hfbMfdr ht @jamesmullarkey

— Should old surveillance be forgot (@hypervisible) February 20, 2019

Good grief. In Nest home-security system, Google installs microphone--apparently so outsiders can listen in--but *doesn't tell owners.* A hidden microphone. In a "home-security system." https://t.co/8ZYFqGMps3

— Charles C. Mann (@CharlesCMann) February 20, 2019

‘Oh,we are so sorry. It was never a secret that we built in a microphone’. Some big tech never ask for permission (or think privacy by design) but count on the fact that excuses are enough (which they are for a while) https://t.co/g6V4BdQMzW

— DataEthics (@DataEthicsEU) February 20, 2019

OOPS! I wonder how many other microphones I have unknowingly purchased https://t.co/1FxKUR9wZX

— Josh Elman (@joshelman) February 20, 2019

The existence of a microphone on the Nest Guard, which is the alarm, keypad, and motion-sensor component in the Nest Secure offering, was never disclosed in any of the product material for the device.https://t.co/0zPORpkyuQ

— SweetDee (@sweetdeesez) February 20, 2019