[john70t]

Is this even a question anymore? Of course they are doing it and people just do not care.
The solution is to not buy these products or allow them in your lives.
Get a dumb phone and/or wrap the other in foil box until you want to use it.
There have been zero privacy laws enacted for two decades and it's not even remotely on the table.

https://www.theblaze.com/unleashed/google-nest-microphone
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/business/amazon-alexa-conversation-shared-echo.html
https://nypost.com/2019/07/29/apples-siri-routinely-records-you-having-sex/
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-voice-search-records-stores-conversation-people-have-around-their-phones-but-files-can-be-a7059376.html
http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps4/settings/facerecognition.html