You are right but as you say all those things apply to your smartphone and the smartphone of every person you are in range of. Also, smartphones have cameras fr

You are right but as you say all those things apply to your smartphone and the smartphone of every person you are in range of. Also, smartphones have cameras front and back. An Alexa in my bathroom only has a mic and speakers. The future will also be powered by cameras and microphones in public and you will be tracked. Amazon is actively selling software and hardware to enable dystopia today. I imagine that if governments start to use Alexa, et. al. to crack down on dissenters, those whole business lines disappear as people dump them all in the trash. I think we have to depend on capitalism and whistleblowers to shout if things change. If someone wants to listen in on the sounds of my bathroom, help yourself. I personally draw the line at cameras. No camera, no Ring doorbell and my phone is usually in my pocket or in a shelf with no visual access. The other thing that I'd point out is that a lot of people publicly shout their political and other positions voluntarily. This is great for free speech but is an even easier and richer target for government crackdowns.