We agree that smart phones could spy on you. We don't seem to agree about the comparison in general. A smart phone - offers a button to disable voice activat

We agree that smart phones could spy on you. We don't seem to agree about the comparison in general. A smart phone - offers a button to disable voice activated features - remains useful without voice activation - is arguably (job?) not optional - is no reason to dismiss feeling uneasy about 100% unrelated, additional 3rd party controlled microphones Yes, a smart phone can probably pull off any attack on my privacy that I can come up with for the Echo. But that's not relevant for my feelings about the Echo IMHO. I can dislike Android AND iOS. I can worry about smart phones AND express similar things about the Echo.