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Let me guess, defaults to on. Everyone around you is being recorded, always. You're saying the quiet part out loud google. Wonder in how many jurisdictions is this illegal surveillance? Governments like to keep that for themselves, but hey, Amazon Alexa got away with it, sadly.
There's a whole world out there...
Maybe because Alexa is in a private home (so at least someone did it by choice)? This crap would/could listen in on strangers on the fucking bus.