> ever since they convinced me to put a microphone in my house, it's almost as if that was their end game It was. You’re one of the few in the thread to realiz

> ever since they convinced me to put a microphone in my house, it's almost as if that was their end game It was. You’re one of the few in the thread to realize that, while others are frothing at the mouth over Democrats vs Republicans or EU vs US. The Echo and like devices were never about you but about putting surveillance gear in your house and getting you to pay for it. At least on old rotary phones the cradle switch or plungers physically broke the circuit that powered the microphones. The modern cell phone and home assistant and security cameras smart televisions and smart vehicles are surveilling you at all times.