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Why I Stopped Sending Voice Data to the Cloud for Dictation

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

An AI consultant explains why cloud dictation tools like Wispr Flow and Otter risk exposing confidential code and business logic. Audio containing proprietary data is sent to remote servers, where retention policies may change. Switching to local Whisper-based dictation ensures audio never leaves the machine.

Meridian48 take
The piece makes a valid point about trust in cloud dictation, but the risk depends on the sensitivity of what you dictate; for most developers, the convenience may still outweigh the threat.
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