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Re:Amazon to hand over Echo audio from alleged murder after ... by Karunamon on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @02:08PM (#13813564)
Echo probably does not send the recordings other than the ones it's expected and advertised to send. No proof of any kind exists to even begin to suggest it does something other than that.

The device itself has been rooted via a set of contacts compatible with what you'd use with a Raspberry Pi: https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/4inesj/rooting_the_...

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Re:Amazon to hand over Echo audio from alleged murder after ... by dandelion_lover on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @02:18PM (#13813687)
>other than the ones it's expected and advertised to send

and the ones that it mistakenly accepted as triggers, at least.

>No proof of any kind exists to even begin to suggest it does something other than that.

No proof exists to suggest anything about Echo. It is a question of trust. This is why I mentioned trust in my previous response.

Anyway, thanks for an interesting link.

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