Don't use Google Chrome and delete it if it's on your computer

[alvinroast]

Okay, if it is only audio it's a lot less expensive.  Although it still seems like a waste unless you've already got some targets picked out.  Most of what people say has no strategic value.

That's very true, but how do you know you're not a target at any given moment?

I have a Chromebook that only gets used for quick internet browsing because there's no lag for it to boot up. Unlike the Chrome software on a Windows machine there appears to be no (software) way to disable the microphone. I sure as hell didn't 'opt in' to this secretive 'feature'. Short of getting rid of the device, I'm not really sure what options I have.

[Tyler]

http://bgr.com/2015/07/31/windows-10-up ... o-opt-out/

Seriously, this is the wave of the future.  Don't fool yourself into thinking it's only one product or brand. 

[MachineGhost]

Fight to the last, dying breath....  minimize the amount of information collected relative to foolish others and you'll be lost in translation.

[Kriegsspiel]

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/96451 ... mputer.htm