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cpersona 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon to kill off local Alexa processing, all voi...

Pure anecdote, but it reminds me of that time, I mentioned on a call that a particular piece of code was a time bomb waiting to explode, only to have Alexa wake up and listen as I was standing nearby and noticed the light. I immediately disconnected it and never looked back.

UberFly 3 months ago [–]

Wow. Our phones all do the same thing there's no doubt.

danpalmer 3 months ago | [–]

If there's no doubt then I assume there's widespread evidence for it?

Unless of course this is hyperbole, and there is in fact every reason to doubt this because it's based on conjecture and anecdote.

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