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Re:Amazon Echo Flex: Microphone mute button appears to be re... by dunnevens on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @10:30AM (#25748099)
It's kinda meaningful. Wake words can be sometimes triggered by accident. Or by things like that commercial from a few years ago. A physical button press avoids all that.
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Re:Amazon Echo Flex: Microphone mute button appears to be re... by thebean11 on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @02:35PM (#25752244)
So the worry is that it will be triggered accidentally and hear something you didn't intend it to, then that tiny, rarely occurring piece of data will be used against you?
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