• sudo@programming.dev
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    5 months ago

    We would easily be able to tell if an Alexa was constantly streaming audio data by monitoring its network traffic. It’d be just a wasteful inefficient implementation to stream everything 24/7. Makes much more sense to only start recording when it hears certain keywords that it can recognize locally beyond “Alexa”.

    • n3m37h@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      Who says it’s constantly streamed? Who says it’s not stored or transcribed then sent off in a small package?