[mkal_tsr]

> including a fraction of a second of audio before the wake word.

Interesting that they are able to transmit audio-data that occurred prior to the wake word being said (in essence to transmit the wake word). Looks like Amazon is keen to redefine "collected" just like other groups are...

[ars]

Why is that interesting? It's quite simple since the device is always listening locally, and just storing a second of audio in a buffer.

It's not "collected" since it only has 1 second of audio until it wakes up.

[mkal_tsr]

Because every time Amazon echo comes up, people always rush it "don't worry guys, it's not actually recording anything until it has to send to the cloud" and by Amazon's own admission, that's patently false.