Maybe I wasn’t vert clear. They have the recording and sending functionality built in as main attraction. And they’re made to send that data because that’s thei

Maybe I wasn’t vert clear. They have the recording and sending functionality built in as main attraction. And they’re made to send that data because that’s their purpose. My phone is not supposed to do that so if I discover it does the intentions are clear. And now slightly tangential, my phone will never accidentally hear the hot word, start recording, send the recording. It can’t accidentally misunderstand my pronunciation and do whatever the hotword squatter wanted to do. It’s easier to abuse the one core functionality of a device than one that’s an afterthought and can be more easily disabled or stands out when it’s used. That’s because the legitimate and abusive behaviors almost perfectly overlap from a user point of view in a digital assistant. Imagine being spied through an always on live streaming camera and being spied through camera that’s off most times. You may notice it powers on and sends data it shouldn’t.