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Re:A Sleeping Alexa Can Listen for More Than Just Its Name by 3pt14159 on Friday February 09, 2018 @04:04PM (#16343814)
Security minded people should install more physical switches to outlets for this type of thing.
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Re:A Sleeping Alexa Can Listen for More Than Just Its Name by codeulike on Friday February 09, 2018 @06:35PM (#16344774)
Wait, in the UK all outlets have to have physical switches. Is it not like that in the US?
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Re:A Sleeping Alexa Can Listen for More Than Just Its Name by wiml on Friday February 09, 2018 @09:12PM (#16345453)
Nope. Switched outlets are pretty uncommon in the US. (I've seen them, but not recently.)
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Re:A Sleeping Alexa Can Listen for More Than Just Its Name by stordoff on Friday February 09, 2018 @09:18PM (#16345467)
Is that actually a requirement? I know it's the norm, but my house still has plenty of unswitched outlets.
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Re:A Sleeping Alexa Can Listen for More Than Just Its Name by codeulike on Saturday February 10, 2018 @05:26AM (#16346718)
In old houses some are unswitched, but modern ones are always switched I think.
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