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Following that logic, you CAN turn off the echo, it's got what looks like mute and power buttons right on top.

• JadeNB 12y ago
  The question for the paranoid is whether it (the Echo) is useful enough while not connected to the Internet. (I think it's too much to expect any device to be particularly useful while off. :-) ) At least some commenters seem to think so—https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8568572 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8568572, for example. (Also, to be fair to chatmasta (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8568265 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8568265), I think that s/he was suggesting that the Internet connection / voice-recording function is on whenever the device is, not that the device itself can never be turned off.)
• teddyh 12y ago
  “Edison, an off switch!” “She’ll get years for that. Off switches are illegal.” — Max Headroom, season 1, episode 6: “The Blanks”, 1987
• sib 12y ago
  It has a mic mute button, but not a power switch.
  • lsaferite 12y ago
    So what's the second button then?