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> Always with the iPhones and Androids, even though they have the same exact technology for always listening, activating, and sending your data to a database for collection.

I think there's a fair distinction to be made between a cell phone which you can configure to not listen to your environment 24/7 and even put into airplane mode so it isn't sending data vs intentionally bugging your entire house.

It is certainly possible that my cell phone is lying to me when I tell it not to monitor my every word and it tells me that it isn't, but at that point the fault is on Android and Apple. If I choose to bug my house and send the intimate details of my life to Amazon that's 100% on me.

It's also true that while these days a cell phone is basically required to function in modern society, a smart speaker is not.

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Why is airplane mode a fair distinction? You can unplug a listening device or put it on a timer plug so its only active for certain hours.

If it's possible that your cellphone could lie to you and monitor you, then it's equally possible your smart speaker could lie to you and monitor you

Both are managed by the same firms, with the same rules. If one can, both can. If one can't, both can't.

And just because one bug is required for modern life and another bug is not required, doesn't make one bug more acceptable than the other. A bug is a bug is a bug. If you care about bugs, then carrying one around is hilarious silly. Better to re-align your morals so that you are not hypocritically violating them.