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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy View Post
"Connected to the cloud and always listening" - really? I'm not interesting enough to spy on, but holy crap does that sound like a great way for somebody to listen in on your personal life. How long until these start getting hacked?
Yes, not cool. Nobody has to listen, with the voice recognition either. If someone wants to start a large scan activity, it can be automated to scan your conversations.

I said this here before, when reading 1984, I always thought it'd be tough for a government to install the technology needed for big brother. Now we are self-installing these and even paying for it ourselves. Plus, nobody has to sit there and listen in on the other end. It can all be automated.

I bought the tap. It may still be hacked, but at least in normal mode you have to hit a button before you speak, so it isn't constantly scanning the room

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