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Re:Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out ... by BeetleB on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:40PM (#17148204)
Completely agree with you. I've seen this over and over and over with people I know. They always want something badly enough that they'll find any excuse to dismiss any downsides to it.

"Amazon/Google/Apple/Facebook/X have very smart people who will not allow this to happen."

"I have nothing to hide."

"People who want to listen to our boring conversations are losers. Let them waste their time doing so."

And the list goes on. I'm not making any of this up.

And then when it (occasionally) happens to them, there is a whole lot of dramatic outrage and someone else must be blamed. (Although in this case, I agree someone else is to blame - but I've seen this play out when people explicitly agree in the contract to consequences, and are warned quite clearly by a human about the implications of the contract).

Re:Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out ... by lopmotr on Thursday May 24, 2018 @05:58PM (#17148843)
That's not unreasonable. Lots of good things come with risk and when they go wrong we blame someone. Your house burns down and you blame the arsonist, not yourself for having a house made from fuel! Car crashes kill people and we blame the drunk driver not the victim innocently using the road which is known to be one of the most dangerous places to be.
Re:Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out ... by reaperducer on Thursday May 24, 2018 @06:23PM (#17149029)
"I have nothing to hide."

Response: "Cool. What's your e-mail password?"

Re:Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out ... by pbhjpbhj on Friday May 25, 2018 @07:28AM (#17152504)
Because emails only have info about the recipient; and email isn't used for access to anything of worth, like bank accounts. /s
Re:Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out ... by grkvlt on Saturday May 26, 2018 @06:24AM (#17161275)
No, response: "Cool, why don't you send all the e-mails you've received this year to the police, then?"