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Ah yes. "Muted".
If you should be aware of anything, it should be that if you have an Internet connected microphone the only way to truly know it's muted is to remove it from power.
Some of them have hardware switches
but that could simply be wired to an LED and nothing else
By that logic these devices can have internal batteries too.
And ones without internet can have secret antennas
These companies don't even have to go to that much trouble, since people seem to be just fine connecting everything to the internet willingly.
This. They don't give a shit about the tiny, infinitesimal percentage of people like me and my fellow privacy-conscious lemmings that understand what's going on, care about it, and refuse to participate.
This is why regulations to reign in corporate bullshit exist, expecting the average person to have even the faintest idea why this is important isn't reasonable.
I agree 100%. You shouldn’t have to be a fucking engine mechanic to drive to the grocery store.
So do phones.
The first-gen echo devices at least actually had a board that listened for the activation word only that then powered on the main device. It's why you couldn't name them whatever you wanted, but had to choose between "Echo", "Alexa", "Amazon", or "Computer."
I chose "Not Available At This Residence".