[DontGiveTwoFlux]

The article makes this out to be about digital devices like Echo and Google home. I agree that these devices should allow for choice in what gets sent back to the companies.

More broadly, I believe that being able to secretly record conversations you participate in is probably for the best. This varies state to state. For example, in New York 1 party consent is legal but in California it is illegal, from my understanding.

Though I haven't had a need to secretly record anything, it feels like a backstop against fraud from bad actors. You hear about so many horror stories from telephone customer service, law enforcement etc, that may have had a recourse if only there was a recording.