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0 pointsryanwaggoner8y ago0 comments

Actually, people don't know that. The Echo doesn't "record everything", and I'd challenge you to provide any evidence that it does.

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True/false: Can Amazon technically enable it to record without the user's knowledge?

What if a government compelled them to activate this to spy on someone?

Ability to create a new (creepy and likely illegal) feature is not the same thing as it being the Echo's "value prop"...

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0 pointsryanwaggoner8y ago0 comments

Actually, people don't know that. The Echo doesn't "record everything", and I'd challenge you to provide any evidence that it does.

True/false: Can Amazon technically enable it to record without the user's knowledge?

What if a government compelled them to activate this to spy on someone?

Ability to create a new (creepy and likely illegal) feature is not the same thing as it being the Echo's "value prop"...

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse