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Re:Brains are the last frontier of privacy by umanwizard on Sunday September 22, 2019 @10:04PM (#21045384)
If Alexa were streaming recordings 24/7, someone would have noticed it by now. It's not that hard to inspect a device's data usage, even over WiFi.
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Re:Brains are the last frontier of privacy by zxcmx on Monday September 23, 2019 @04:32AM (#21046976)
It's easy to inspect your one, that didn't get the custom firmware loaded or bugdoor activated. To be fair the applies to mobiles as well (and probably more so since they are better targets).
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Re:Brains are the last frontier of privacy by umanwizard on Monday September 23, 2019 @01:17PM (#21051016)
OK, but this is moving the goalposts. If the CIA has put custom backdoor framework on your device then all bets are off, whether it's an Echo or a smartphone. This isn't really the situation that was being talked about on the thread.
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