People laughed at me for not wanting a "house yell" that could always be listening to me, because I didn't trust the companies that owned and operated them. So much so that I got one force-gifted to me that I promptly rehomed. Feeling vindicated but also horrified rn.
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But these devices always listen for everything in case someone does need them. Siri even has to listen all the time for someone to call her name
https://gizmodo.com/the-fbi-can-neither-confirm-nor-deny-wiretapping-your-a-1776092971
Would probably be a major privacy upgrade to trade your phone for a smart speaker in every room