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> Someone is capturing full audio from your device even though it allegedly only transmits when certain phrases are used (e.g., "Alexa..."). They've tunneled through your modem, router and AP and are capturing directly from your device.

It's not remotely out of line to discuss the implications of hijacking an Alexa in a discussion thread on an article that describes exactly how to hijack an Alexa. You don't have to sound incredulous about that part...

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You're picking a piece out of my full response and adding context I didn't provide. I said the overall statement was absurd, not that capturing audio was.

And you've advanced an over-engineered scenario as a counter-argument to my observation. I think you can cut this guy some slack.

His point was, if you're hijacking an Alexa, those recordings are now illicit and not submissible in court.

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