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Originally Posted by theducks
NIT
If it isn't always listening, then how does it process the command word??
What can these devices still do when there is no connection? (besides complain about NC).
This assumes (by me) that they don't store and forward at a later time some 'trapped' keyword data.
I can't believe there are not ways to fake 'not listening' (or looking thru your camera on equipped devices). Then there is the cases of rogue employees including (unsanctioned) backdoors for entertainment purposes 
Not all exploits are sanctioned by the company. You should still take care.
(my WEBCAM has a lens cap, that was included in the package. The Mic is still there) |
It listens for the wake word. That's all it does. And it does it locally. It's looking for a sound wave that sounds sort of like "Alexa". After it hears the wake word it records what it hears and sends that off for processing. It's not recording everything all the time.
Could they fake "not listening"? Of course, but that's true of every single mic equipped device that runs code you can't inspect talking to devices running code you can't inspect. There's no reason IMO to trust a smartphone or tablet over an Echo, Google Home or Home Pod. If you think internet enabled mic equipped thing is recording, then why not ALL the internet enabled mic equipped things?
They don't store past commands either from when they have no network.