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tholinz ago

Anyone who allows Alexa into their house deserves what they get. It's quite literally an open mic into your house. They tell you it only turns on when you talk to it, but that's not how it works; the operational features (such as voice recognition and the ability to answer you) are hosted on the Amazon servers. Thus, it has to always be listening/sweeping your house, and the servers have to be constantly analyzing everything you say.

The_Savant ago

You can't escape from being spied on like that, though. Vault 7 showed that they can use your Samsung Smart TV as a covert microphone as well - it could potentially be inescapable.

Herbvendor ago

Smart phones too, shit anything with Internet connection and a mic would do the job

fartyshorts ago

At least you can disable your laptop's mic and webcam on the hardware level. It's awkward when your girlfriend calls you and it takes you 15 minutes to answer, though...

3141592653 ago

I have the cams on all my devices covered