[jakevn]

I don't believe Alexa and others are malevolently spying, but if the data exists, you should expect nothing less than it to be public at some point, or at least be accessed by someone you'd not expect to share your life with.

You _should_ absolutely be allowed to buy a non-street legal vehicle to operate on private land. You _should_ be able to buy a recording device that has no privacy features. You should _not_ be able to sell a recording device that by default is streaming all audio all the time for common consumers without a big label saying "everything this device is within hearing distance of is now public data and you agree you are in violation of the law, where applicable, for using it".

We are no longer in the days where consumers can be expected to know what their devices are even capable of, let alone what rights are being trampled.