[wybiral]

I don't see it as a wrong or right, more so a matter of informing the public. Everyone suspects that those devices are listening to them but it's usually brushed off as tin-foil hat stuff. Stories like this are just making people aware of the reality of these technologies. You decide if it's acceptable or not.

[zachr]

Any time Alexa is lit up, it may be listening to you. Any time Alexa is not lit up, your conversations can't be overheard. The tin foil hat aspect comes in when people say it's listening ALL THE TIME, which it isn't.

None of my VERY non-technical family think that their assistant devices aren't transmitting recordings of their voices to some remote server somewhere, because it's obvious enough. Even my 71 year old grandfather understands this.

[wybiral]

Yeah, but do they know that other human beings are listening to it?