>>>https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/24/alexa_recording_couple/
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>>>/rhetorical
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>>I don't own one and I've recommended against them (except maybe for those with special needs/accessibility issues)
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>>We are a moderately high-tech house by contemporary standards. 1 gigabit per second Verizon FIOS, iPads, Samsung tables, several laptops, many TV streaming services, but I draw the line at an Alexa. I don't even care for SIRI
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>Amazon's "explanation" (so far) is at the bottom of https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/24/alexa_recording_couple/
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>Sounds like a case where Occam's Razor should be applied.

I had read Amazon's explanation before - and for me as a consumer, the sequence of events validates why I wouldn't own one.