Direct answer
Josh.ai is designed with privacy as a core consideration, but it should not be described as completely offline or risk-free. Josh states that it listens locally for a wake phrase, performs substantial processing locally, encrypts communications, and does not sell customer data for advertising. Its current privacy disclosure also explains that post-wake audio may use encrypted cloud speech recognition.
Homeowners should review data retention and deletion controls, account security, optional AI features, microphone locations, software-update policy, and who has administrative access. Use unique credentials, multifactor authentication where available, supported software, and a segmented connected-device network. Privacy also depends on the services Josh controls; music, cameras, video, and other linked accounts have their own policies. Guests should be informed when microphones are present in spaces where that matters.
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