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Re:Vendors must start adding physical on/off switches to dev... by dymk on Saturday April 20, 2019 @01:21PM (#19707668)
But as the owner of the Echo, which only transmits after the wake word, you are the one that wields that knife.
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Re:Vendors must start adding physical on/off switches to dev... by justinclift on Saturday April 20, 2019 @03:23PM (#19708386)
> which only transmits after the wake word

In theory. Plenty of reported instances of audio being recorded in situations where the wake word wasn't used, was misheard, etc. So the wake word concept doesn't seem reliable. :(

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