lordmauve@programming.devtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Google One is shutting down its VPN feature later this yearEnglish
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7 months agoI’ve used it, but only when I’m on some really sketchy unencrypted WiFi network, like in an airport or a hotel.
It doesn’t offer location spoofing like all other VPNs on the market, which I would have more use for.
I doubt they are using Johansson’s voice. I expect they need much more studio-quality training data than they would have for her.
The desire to create a “Her” might be real but explains why they chose a similar voice actress, made Sky the default, and continued to pursue Johansson to some day create the real thing.
Suspending the Sky voice looks guilty but it might be a temporary action while the legal team considers their response. There might be a non-zero risk of being found liable if there were directions in the voice casting process to seek a result comparable to Scarlet Johansson. You’d want to collect and assess correspondence to see if that’s a possibility, which might take a while.