I mean, if this was a one in a million chance of happening, and there have been billions of conversations happening near devices like these, I'm surprised this

I mean, if this was a one in a million chance of happening, and there have been billions of conversations happening near devices like these, I'm surprised this hasn't happened more often. If you have an echo and it kicks on unexpectedly, you can go to the app to see what it thought you said, along with a recording of you saying it. I've had "alright, uhh..." trigger it. and on the grainy bad across the room recording, I could see how the computer thought it was "Alexa". So I could see how if the computer is purposefully listening for "right" or "yes" that it could mistake any number of other words for that. I would much prefer an open source + open hardware alternative that works reliably, but I received an Echo dot as a gift, so after a few months of debating, I plugged it in. Having an always listening internet connected device that has access to your contact list is a pretty big stretch. But somehow we go along with that just fine.