I disagree - Tech folks are aware and people do freak out over it. Then companies come out assuring people and blogs are written showing that nothing bad is hap

I disagree - Tech folks are aware and people do freak out over it. Then companies come out assuring people and blogs are written showing that nothing bad is happening. So, slowly people forget about it even though they have doubts. Non-tech folks have no idea what is going on and if they were told this was an always-on recording device, some of them might actually freak out.