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I'm never putting one of these in my home.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not every conversation, just statements following a detected wake word.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Considering I set up one of the content types that relates to wakeword and utterance text analysis for Alexa, I trust it completely.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But can I trust you? Are you willing to share the source code?

Edit: Tell me why I'm suppose to trust an internet rando?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There's this study for those interested in knowing more about how often these devices mistakenly record conversations:

https://moniotrlab.khoury.northeastern.edu/publications/smart-speakers-study-pets20/