Amazon Echo Flex: Microphone mute button appears to be real and functional

Re:Amazon Echo Flex: Microphone mute button appears to be re... by blackoil on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:47AM (#25744497)

We have options of either to trust the company or some other auditor. We can try getting some laws made to ensure honesty, but I personally don't like that route this early in the technology.

What we need a completely independent organisation like EFF to audit and certify basic guarantees around privacy/safety. The companies should also prefer this route as it would give take some heat off in EU/Congress without creating bureaucratic bottlenecks.

One problem I see that such an organisation can act as front for the cartel to prevent entry of new startups/players.

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Re:Amazon Echo Flex: Microphone mute button appears to be re... by Daho0n on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @05:39AM (#25744957)

That would make EFF a de facto certifier, taking on the role of state and make it a (bigger) target for big business. Really, we need laws (and a system that isn't broken. More like in Scandinavia, less like the Federal Communications Commission).

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Re:Amazon Echo Flex: Microphone mute button appears to be re... by jstanley on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @06:19AM (#25745365)

> We can try getting some laws made to ensure honesty

I'm pretty sure we already have laws to ensure honest advertising. The problem is that it's hard to tell the difference between malice and incompetence.

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Re:Amazon Echo Flex: Microphone mute button appears to be re... by mhb on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @10:13AM (#25747895)

Isn't this Consumer Reports?

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