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Re:Amazon Echo by stronglikedan on Thursday November 06, 2014 @02:52PM (#8569346)
Right, so it sends the commands that you give it only after it recognizes a pre-programmed word. It will likely not send up casual conversation surrounding the command, as there would not be a non-nefarious reason to do that.
Re:Amazon Echo by IshKebab on Thursday November 06, 2014 @04:22PM (#8569869)
False positives... But yeah they're probably rare. The real risk is that it could be hacked or national security lettered to listen permanently. The FBI has form in this regard.