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.
I am indeed talking about the 1/2 second before. Even if it's 0.00001 seconds before the trigger word (I feel dirty saying that phrase), it's the technicality that I'm discussing. Once we allow those technicalities to slide, the truth is easier to bend and/or ignore. Reinforcing that PR/marketing is not an acceptable excuse to lie (even if it's a minor technical lie) is one of the few ways to prevent this sort of subtle-switcheroo.
ars|11 years ago
Unless you are talking about the half second before the trigger word? But even then - it only sends when triggered.
mkal_tsr|11 years ago