Yes, but in all those examples the camera/microphone defaults to "off", not "on". That is the most important distinction. Sure my laptop has a camera but if I

Yes, but in all those examples the camera/microphone defaults to "off", not "on". That is the most important distinction. Sure my laptop has a camera but if I keep good security practices I can feel reasonably assured that it is not monitoring me unless I've switched it on for some reason. The Alexas and Google Homes of the world default to "on", and everything you do/say is monitored because "cloud processing". I will always have a problem with anything that tries to use my actions to build a more predictable model of who I am or what I am/will be doing