'Google’s failure to disclose a microphone within its Nest Secure product raises serious questions about its commitment to consumer transparency and disclosure,' the letter read.
After last week's privacy blunder involving Google's Nest home security system, US lawmakers want answers.sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai
The letter, which was also signed by subcommittee chairmen Sen. Jerry Moran and Sen. John Thune , referenced awhen Google's chief privacy officer Keith Enright said that"transparency is a core value of our approach to serving users." The Senate committee is requesting Google provide written answers to six questions about the initially undisclosed microphone in its Nest Secure devices. Those questions include how and when the company discovered a microphone was not listed on spec sheets for consumers and if the company is aware of any third parties using the microphone in the Nest Secure for"any unauthorized purpose."
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