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[–] RevDrStrangelove 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

"Soon"

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[–] Zoldam 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Pretty much every processor since 2010 has legal spyware built in.

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[–] LightningAndTheSun 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It doesn't really matter. 99.99% of people have always-listening devices on them 99.99% of the time with cell phones.

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[–] Meme_Factory_1776 ago 

This is with supposed consent though.

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[–] drozzxd ago  (edited ago)

Reminder, you are a dumb fucking ass if you have an echo.

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[–] SparklingWiggle ago 

Someone gave me an Alexa as a gift. It sits on my counter...unplugged. It's a daily reminder of No Fucking Way.

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[–] ALIENS2222 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

LIKE THIS IS NEW...

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[–] prairie ago 

Morons. This is like the pre-record function of a voice recorder or camera, where it continuously records in a memory loop, and when you hit record (or in this case Alexa's trigger word is heard), it goes back in the memory buffer and effectively listens before the trigger. If they wanted to record (and save) everything, they're already doing it, and they don't need a patent to do that. They're probably patenting this so they can make other companies pay to use this approach (which is moronic because there's nothing very novel about it, it's pretty obvious to anyone who's done audio processing).

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