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This sounds like the creepiest tech product you could put in your home: an internet-connected microphone that can "hear you from across the room". Love the slic
by cvburgess 12y ago
This sounds like the creepiest tech product you could put in your home: an internet-connected microphone that can "hear you from across the room". Love the slick design, but I'll pass.
- mtrn 12y agoBeing far from an industry expert, it seems to me that Amazon just at least wants to try to get some smart device of their own into your proximity.
- SideburnsOfDoom 12y agoAll the big stacks want to. Google has nest and android phones. Microsoft has XBox (also voice activated and motion-recording) and band (with GPS) and windows phone. Apple has iDevices.
- Igglyboo 12y agoThe Xbox kinect already does this AND records video, millions of gamers own one as well.
- tdicola 12y agoAt least the backlash and market demand made the Kinect optional.
- Igglyboo 12y agoYea but I think that was more because of the added cost and not the privacy implications.
- cvburgess 12y agoBut the primary function of the Xbox is not to record data and send it back to its servers - the main selling point of the Echo is basically smart voice data analysis. Offline, an Xbox is still useful - the Echo becomes useless.