> Anyway, pretty soon we'll have open source speech recognition, so I guess then you'll really have no excuses left. What changes with an open source implement

> Anyway, pretty soon we'll have open source speech recognition, so I guess then you'll really have no excuses left. What changes with an open source implementation? Your home-build device can be compromised as well, it needs mics as well. So, you'll gain nothing. Are you questioning that Alexa/Echo works as advertised (waiting for a wake word) or are you not informed about how Alexa is supposed to work (out of the box, not compromised)?