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Re:Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Random Person by marcosdumay on Thursday December 20, 2018 @05:25PM (#18729737)
A mobile phone that doesn't leak your position is impossible, but a voice activated assistant that doesn't spy on you on by the orders of some company is pretty much possible.
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Re:Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Random Person by craftyguy on Thursday December 20, 2018 @11:42PM (#18731465)
> but a voice activated assistant that doesn't spy on you on by the orders of some company is pretty much possible

You're missing the part where said company has no motivation to not spy on you. There's absolutely nothing preventing companies from doing so today (in the US), while on the upside the opportunity and motivation for them to collect all your data for possible profit gains later is extremely high.

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Re:Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Random Person by marcosdumay on Friday December 21, 2018 @09:53AM (#18733604)
There's nothing stopping a competitor from launching a non-spying version either. People are more eager to live with problems when there is no alternative.
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