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Old 03-04-2016, 12:12 AM   #353
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Echo does have a mute button. But I must ask, if you're really that paranoid about supposed eavesdropping, how could you trust that even the Tap Mic is REALLY off when it claims to be? If you trust that, why don't you trust them when they say that echo is merely locally monitoring for a wake word, and not storing or transmitting anything, just like a high tech version ofl how a Clapper monitors for a hand clap?
It's not really paranoia. It's just that I don't see any point for the device to be constantly listening. It annoys me that so much I what I do is already being tracked and stored; I don't feel like adding to it. Is it a dealbreaker? No, not if I really really really was convinced that I couldn't live without Echo--but I'm not convinced, and when I tote up the pros and cons, the eavesdropping is a big con.
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