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Re:Amazon Sells Out of Echo Speakers in Midst of Holiday Rush by icebraining on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @10:01AM (#13229600)
How? If you say "by analysing the amount of data it transmits when not in use", then not really - they could record it locally and then sneak it alongside a normal request.
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Re:Amazon Sells Out of Echo Speakers in Midst of Holiday Rush by CaptSpify on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @11:26AM (#13230304)
I don't know how Echo's update, but they potentially could also sneak in an update that does listen 24/7, then a couple days later push an update that turns that off.
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