Blocks smart speakers from listening, while keeping them voice-activated. Just say "Paranoid" before your usual commands.
Paranoid activates a USB-powered button-pusher that physically pushes a smart speaker's mute button, and then re-engages it after you have finished your voice command. The smart speaker requires a physical mute button and it shouldn't say anything when mute is pressed or it can be configured to say nothing (as opposed to saying "mute has been turned on/off" each time).
Paranoid discreetly generates noise and interference in close proximity to the smart speaker's microphones to jam them. When the Paranoid device detects the wake word, it temporarily stops the jamming to allow the smart speaker to hear and respond to voice commands. (Note: the noise generated by Paranoid Home Wave will not be perceptible to the human ear or cause any sort of disruption or distraction.).
If your device lacks a mute button, or if you don’t trust the mute button, we recommend our internal configuration. The user takes or ships their smart speaker to service centers, where technicians physically cut the microphone and bypass the signal to go through the Paranoid circuitry. The device is then returned with Paranoid privacy built in.
| Home Button | Home Wave | Home Max |
|---|
Price
Introductory Pre-sale
| $39 | $39 | $39 |
Shipping
| FREE | FREE | FREE |
How It Works
| Robotic pushing of smart speaker's mute button | Jams microphone signals | We cut microphone wires and insert Paranoid blocker |
Delivery Method
| We ship, you stick it on | We ship, you stick it on | Buy online, then visit service centre or you ship smart speaker free, we install and ship it back 10 days later |
Compatibility List
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Echo Dot (1st, 2nd, 3rd Gen) Echo Dot with clock (3rd Gen) Echo Plus (1st, 2nd Gen) Echo (1st, 2nd, 3rd Gen) (More compatible devices will be added late 2021) |
Google Home (Mini, Max) Google Nest Mini (2nd gen) Google Nest (Hub, Hub Max, Wifi Point) Echo Dot (2nd, 3rd Gen, Kids Edition) Echo Dot with clock (3rd Gen) Echo Auto Echo Show (2nd Gen) Echo Show 5, 8 Echo Flex Echo Plus (2nd Gen) Echo Studio Echo (1st, 2nd, 3rd Gen) Echo Input Echo Spot (More compatible devices will be added late 2021) |
Google Home (Mini, Max) Google Nest Mini (2nd gen) Google Nest (Wifi Point) Echo Dot (2nd, 3rd Gen, Kids Edition) Echo Dot with clock (3rd Gen) Echo Auto Echo Flex Echo Plus (2nd Gen) Echo Studio Echo (1st, 2nd, 3rd Gen) Echo Input (More compatible devices will be added late 2021) |
Privacy Level
| 9.5/10 (if you trust smart speaker mute buttons) |
9/10 | 10/10 |
| Home Button | Home Wave | Home Max |
|---|---|---|
| Home Button | Home Wave | Home Max | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | |||
| Introductory Pre-sale | $39 | $39 | $39 |
| Shipping | FREE | FREE | FREE |
| How It Works | Robotic pushing of smart speaker's mute button | Jams microphone signals | We cut microphone wires and insert Paranoid blocker |
| Delivery Method | We ship, you stick it on | We ship, you stick it on | Buy online, then visit service centre or you ship smart speaker free, we install and ship it back 10 days later |
| Compatibility List |
Echo Dot (1st, 2nd, 3rd Gen) Echo Dot with clock (3rd Gen) Echo Plus (1st, 2nd Gen) Echo (1st, 2nd, 3rd Gen) (More compatible devices will be added late 2021) |
Google Home (Mini, Max) Google Nest Mini (2nd gen) Google Nest (Hub, Hub Max, Wifi Point) Echo Dot (2nd, 3rd Gen, Kids Edition) Echo Dot with clock (3rd Gen) Echo Auto Echo Show (2nd Gen) Echo Show 5, 8 Echo Flex Echo Plus (2nd Gen) Echo Studio Echo (1st, 2nd, 3rd Gen) Echo Input Echo Spot (More compatible devices will be added late 2021) |
Google Home (Mini, Max) Google Nest Mini (2nd gen) Google Nest (Wifi Point) Echo Dot (2nd, 3rd Gen, Kids Edition) Echo Dot with clock (3rd Gen) Echo Auto Echo Flex Echo Plus (2nd Gen) Echo Studio Echo (1st, 2nd, 3rd Gen) Echo Input (More compatible devices will be added late 2021) |
| Privacy Level | 9.5/10 (if you trust smart speaker mute buttons) |
9/10 | 10/10 |