[bmans94]

It's absurd to me that someone would wire up "every room in their house" with internet connected microphones (in a technology that is still in it's infancy!) and then claim you felt like your privacy was "invaded". At best, it's a Trojan Horse, but the naivety here is astounding. Of course your Echo shouldn't send out private conversations, and it looks like a legitimate bug occurred. But man, the buy-now think-later mindset some people have is worrying.

[saas_sam]

You literally carry an audio & video recording device with a GPS chip and multiple wireless attack vectors on you for nearly every waking hour of your life.

[titzer]

I don't. I use my phone less and less. And I disable location every chance I get, leave it at home when I go out, on my desk when I step away, it stopped inhabiting my pocket, stays in the other room when I am concentrating, etc. I don't trust my phone, but occasionally it's useful. Why is this hard for people?

[bmans94]

Of course I do. But that's not my point. They wallpapered their house with Echos! And now they are 'shocked'. When I get home, my phone usually gets tossed on a charger in my room, and forgotten about (while checking for messages every once in a while). And my phones sole purpose, while capable of it, is not to listen to everything I say and interpret voice commands. I never use Siri, and I would be 'shocked' at this point if it sent out a message, that I didn't intend, without alerting me. It's a older, tested technology (in my opinion).

I'm not surprised that my GPS capable phone knows where I am at all times. I wouldn't be surprised if my Echo recorded my voice and sent a message to someone. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some major bugs yet to be addressed in the software for the Echo. I guess this is a little harsh, but my sympathies are somewhat lost on these people. Not their fault for what happened, but they did take a risk.

"A husband and wife in the privacy of their home have conversations that they're not expecting to be sent to someone (in) their address book,"

It just doesn't sit well with me.

[saas_sam]

> I would be 'shocked' at this point if it sent out a message, that I didn't intend, without alerting me.

Yep. So was couple. About Alexa. Same thing.

[bmans94]

But I don't use that function on my phone. And it's not the main purpose of the device. And it's been around longer than Alexa. That's my point. Not the same thing.