Speaking for myself, I have my iPhone set so that I have to authenticate then hold down the physical home button before Siri will start listening to me. Home as

Speaking for myself, I have my iPhone set so that I have to authenticate then hold down the physical home button before Siri will start listening to me. Home assistant devices are listening all the time. The reason this matters is well-illustrated by the linked story here--the potential consequences of bugs are more severe when the mic is always on. The way I have Siri configured, the opportunity to make mistakes about what I mean is limited to when I am intending to speak directly to Siri. It's not that often, and I am aware of what I'm doing. But if Alexa is going to make a mistake about a trigger word and start transmitting data... well, that potentially could happen whenever I'm in voice range. Sure, if some three letter agency is targeting me, a smartphone is probably no safer than a home assistant. But I'm not concerned about that level of targeting, for myself.