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What I discovered when I asked Amazon to tell me everything Alexa had heard

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69 points robaato | 2 comments | 24 May 25 19:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.402s | source
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throwaway81523 ◴[24 May 25 19:46 UTC] No.44083366[source]▶
They shouldn't call it a home speaker. A home speaker is what we used to call a radio or hi-fi system. Alexa is a home microphone.
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1. happytoexplain ◴[24 May 25 19:56 UTC] No.44083431[source]▶
They don't - they call it a smart speaker.
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2. HPsquared ◴[24 May 25 22:06 UTC] No.44084085[source]▶
"Smart" = Adtech.

Applies to TVs, fridges, anything really.