What Tony Fadell thinks about privacy

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Creator of the iPod and co-creator of the iPhone at Apple, founder of Nest, and author of Build.

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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Tony Fadell has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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7 Jun 2026

Our readingA home assistant is only as good as its context, and context comes from sensors placed around the house rather than from a better model.

Their wordsthe way you get best context is by having sensors properly placed around the home that don't necessarily invade privacy, but allow you to pick up a lot of comings and goings and who's who in the room and your voice and these kinds of things.

↗Tony Fadell: How to build real taste (and why AI makes it matter more)youtube.com 4th of 23 in this recording