[jojobas]

Because everything you said in your own home will be stored somewhere forever, ready for dragnet batch processing, just waiting for an appropriate witch-hunt, wrongthink prosecution or whatever. It's possible to verify that a router doesn't ship your (presumably encrypted when you care) traffic somewhere for permanent storage, with these devices it's their exact job.

[deanCommie]

HUH? you realize the device only enables the microphone based on the wakeword, and only then starts sending traffic out.

This is easily verifiable, and has been done so multiple times by independent parties.

[jojobas]

>enables the microphone

The microphone is always listening, waiting for the wake word. If it can discern a wake word, it can speech-to-text everything (or will be able very soon), good luck noticing your daily <10kb of compressed text in what it sends up.

And this camera is a security camera, it's designed to send up video and audio 24/7.

[deanCommie]

If we're going to enter the land of "if it's possible (or not possible today, but possible very soon)", are you concerned with your router embedding such a capability? Your phone has a microphone. Are you concerned that Google or Apple are sending 10kb of compressed text daily after recording you all day?

If not, why not?

[jojobas]

I am, therefore my AOSP phone is google-free.

[prattcmp]

Yes.

[chrisan]

> And this camera is a security camera, it's designed to send up video and audio 24/7.

Definitely not blink.

These cheapskates only stream like 10 seconds before prompting you "continue?"