Amazon Echo's random social networking(privacy invasion) feature

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    Reading small fine print of some long boring EULA is not everybody's cup of tea, but this is hardly any news.
    IoT devices are the embodiment of No Privacy whatsoever.
     
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    Even so, it amazes me that people buy this kind of junk.
     
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    Didn't even take a "hack" to make it happen. It's literally designed to record all ambient sound. In fact, it sends data back to Amazon to improve voice recognition. Only way to do that is to record ambient sound and transmit it to Amazon....

    You seriously need to find a new hobby....
     
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    They rooted the device in order to turn it into a covert listening device. Its not designed to send the audio its always on mic records to an attacker. With that hack it will do just that.
     
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    You spend all your free time scouring the internet about anything negative about Amazon? Get a life.
     
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    U mad?
     
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    Hardly just rather amused at the narrowness of your current interests.
     

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    Not seeing the issue. Do you have a smartphone? Same capabilities. Better throw it away and get an old flip-phone! They're listening!!!

    Tech is moving towards voice activation. How would it work if it isn't listening? I'll ask Alexa. ...she doesn't understand the question.
     
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