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University of Michigan: 'PrivacyMic': For a Smart Speaker That Doesn't Eavesdrop
June 10, 2021
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 10 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on June 9, 2021:

Microphones are perhaps the most common electronic sensor in the world, with an estimated 320 million listening for our commands in the world's smart speakers. The trouble is that they're capable of hearing everything else, too.

But now, a team of University of Michigan researchers has developed a system that can inform a smart home--or listen . . .

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