[Archived] Amazon Echo

[Jock]

Has anyone bought an Amazon Echo and would you recommend it?

[Mike E]

The ads don't give any appeal to me. I just write stuff I need to remember down. It's basically a dictaphone with voice recognition and connectivity as far as I can tell.

[J*B]

"Did you mean; 'Remember to brass yoyo from the super karting'"

Written all over it.

[Mike E]

Like Jason Manford's cinema booking routine:

'Which cinema are you hoping to visit?'

'Bolton.'

'Did you say... Milton Keynes?'

[Glenn]

Call me paranoid, but an always-on listening device in your house, at a time when suddenly people are seeing the value in encrypting private conversations for privacy reasons, I'd rather not.

[Biddy]

59 minutes ago, Glenn said:

Call me paranoid, but an always-on listening device in your house, at a time when suddenly people are seeing the value in encrypting private conversations for privacy reasons, I'd rather not.

Have you disabled the microphone on your phone?

[Glenn]

Kinda. Both it and my laptop have 3.5mm audio jacks (with no mic attached), pretty much permanently in. I *know* it's feasible at a firmware level to still enable the inbuilt mic when the external socket is in use, but it's the best I can do.

[Biddy]

Just now, Glenn said:

Kinda. Both it and my laptop have 3.5mm audio jacks (with no mic attached), pretty much permanently in. I *know* it's feasible at a firmware level to still enable the inbuilt mic when the external socket is in use, but it's the best I can do.

Saddo. 

Don't get and iPhone 7 then!