I think the Echo may be worth more to Amazon than it is to the people who buy them for use as glorified kitchen timers because it allows them to build a social

I think the Echo may be worth more to Amazon than it is to the people who buy them for use as glorified kitchen timers because it allows them to build a social graph which is very useful, when combined with purchase histories, for targeting ads. I very much distrust it and am not at all surprised by this news story. I think that people need to learn that privacy is not about having nothing to hide, it's about not being taken for a ride.