I think it's a subjective call on what you consider spying. Amazon and its integrations / 3rd parties are certainly using what they can gather based on Alexa in

I think it's a subjective call on what you consider spying. Amazon and its integrations / 3rd parties are certainly using what they can gather based on Alexa interactions to better sell and serve their ad ecosystem at minimum right? And I've never seen someone leave theirs muted/red in practice. https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.10920 https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.10920 among others are certainly available in this question space to help navigate your own tolerances.