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Re:Amazon Echo by spacefight on Thursday November 06, 2014 @12:30PM (#8568278)
Unless the chip design, the firmware, the OS, the software is 100% open source, there is no way to confirm "Nothing will be transmitted to the cloud". It could be an update check, or it could be the transmission of a new voice fingerprint.

Same shit with cellphones, I have to admit.

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Re:Amazon Echo by rstupek on Thursday November 06, 2014 @12:50PM (#8568449)
It is certainly possible to wireshark it and know whether it is transmitting anything. You don't need anything to be open sourced.
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Re:Amazon Echo by spacefight on Friday November 07, 2014 @03:04AM (#8571604)
Read this again, then you'll see what I ment:

"It could be an update check, or it could be the transmission of a new voice fingerprint."

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