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This is only partially true. Yes, it’s listening for those keywords, but only for them. Sometimes that’s even an extra chip in your phone, otherwise it would kill your battery in no time.

Which is one of the reasons you can’t just customize the command to whatever you want to say.

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Yes, it’s listening for those keywords, but only for them.

If you use those services, I would ask that you do a data takeout and actually HEAR what recordings they have.

We used an Alexa-enabled speaker, and it recorded many, many conversations that were not direct Alexa commands. Perhaps it was an “oops” type of eavesdropping, but Amazon still felt that the recordings needed to be saved on their server.

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Mate, your Alexa is plugged in, it’s not a phone. You agree to your Alexa constantly listening when you buy it. It’s a feature, not a bug.

If your phone would listen as much as your Alexa you’d be out of battery in three hours.

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Mate, your Alexa is plugged in, it’s not a phone.

Battery-powered bluetooth speaker.

You agree to your Alexa constantly listening when you buy it. It’s a feature, not a bug.

For sure, I’m just pointing out that these devices are always listening, and someone can agree to the assistant features, that shouldn’t include recording entire conversations that have nothing to do with Alexa.

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