Google says Nest’s built-in mic not listed in specs was not meant to be secret
Having worked at large companies before, I&#x27;m almost certain that more than one person working on the product raised the point &quot;this has a microphone, why isn&#x27;t it documented?&quot; or &quot;this has privacy implications&quot;, but was silenced.<p>(Or it could be that everyone working at Google has been carefully chosen to not have such concerns; I do get that feeling sometimes too.)