Why would you use a virtual assistant?

No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 33 points – 1 years ago

As most of the Lemmy users are security/privacy minded, after a question about alternative voices I'm wondering. Why would you allow a virtual assistance to spy on you constantly? (Especially when you don't need to due to other limitations)

And as a side note, is there a way to kill Siri completely on IOS (not just go trough all app settings and disable siri there)? (company phone, so alas not jail broken, Android is rooted and GA has been removed, as is the Google app itself)

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Rhasspy works great for that

I'm sure. But my raspberry pi 3 can barely run Hass without overheating. (had to remove adguard from the same device because that made it overheat a few times a week)

Maybe when I upgrade it to a proper home server, I'll look into replacing my Google home speakers.

I'm running domoticz on a 3 with an rf-link. Although it just manages some lights, it's usually 99%+ idle.