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Privacy concerns aside, this is pretty damn cool. I've been looking for an excuse to tinker with a raspberry pi for a while - this seems like something I could

Privacy concerns aside, this is pretty damn cool. I've been looking for an excuse to tinker with a raspberry pi for a while - this seems like something I could have some fun with then give away to someone less paranoid/concerned with the privacy issues.

jMyles 11y ago
Well, isn't the point here that you can verify that it isn't listening except when you want it to?
- criddell 11y ago
  That's a great point. A little openness can only help Amazon sell even more of these things. I don't have one, but everybody I know who does really likes it.
- CaptSpify 11y ago
  You do have more control, sure, but its still cloud dependent
  - jMyles 11y ago
    But you can hard-interrupt the microphone. I mean it's a completely different dynamic as far as security.
    - CaptSpify 11y ago
      Sure, But you still have to send your data through their API