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Re:Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protec... by teacpde on Monday January 14, 2019 @12:27PM (#18904611)
> If they ended up maybe changing the wakeword to "the", then maybe they could "silently" listen to everything, but that would be caught pretty quick because the device would be "lit up" constantly (another _hardware_ thing)

From pure technical perspective, can the device not be programmed to be waked by wakewaord “the” with the light off?

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Re:Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protec... by darkpuma on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @12:48AM (#18909094)
> "can the device not be programmed to be waked by wakewaord “the” with the light off?"

It absolutely can be.

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