Good choice.
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For you my friend
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Itās like theyāre always singing 
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Do you have one of those things?
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No, Iām at a friendās house where they have two Echoās. (A Show and the Dot)
I have a Google Home Mini.
I want an Echo though.
And the Cortana Invoke speaker.
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My mother has 3
This is going to sound dumb but Iām really confused as to what these thingsā¦ do. Do you have to have āinternet of thingsā things to make them useful?
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My mom uses them for music and cooking as far as I can tellā¦
Like to make sure she is following the instructions for the food
Cooking?
Yeah, Iām still a little unclear on the concept (from āthatās cute but no thanksā to āI already have a better remote for thatā to āis that seriously all it can do?ā).
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cookĀ·ing
ĖkoĶokiNG
noun
the practice or skill of preparing food by combining, mixing, and heating ingredients.
I wonder about you sometimes
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I donāt see anything in there about virtual assistants encased in spyware tubes
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You mean actual spies engaging in long range reconnaissance?
THEY ARE NOT SPY DEVICES! 
(Yes, itās a complete sentence.)
Iāve been obsessed with IoT since I was 13-14.
I know for sure that theyāre not spy devices.
Damn guess thatās a touchy subject (I donāt know about both sides and I donāt care either way so Iām good)
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Itās overly simplistic to say that Amazon is installing a bug in your home, however they do collect data from your use of the Echo, and pass some of that data on to third parties.
I also have security concerns. I take from your statement that you trust Amazon to keep your data safe; I donāt, but then, I put tape over all my webcams.
Iāll be interested to see what happens when the issue of sharing Echo cloud data to the police comes up again.
For myself, while Iām as committed to technology and capitalism as the semi-solvent bank account owner, in its present state Iāve found the āinternet of thingsā to be a pretty big con for the most part. I donāt need my house to be finessed or centralised in the way currently being offered, and given the colossal security risks that really are present in its current state (at least for the common or garden user who doesnāt change their kettleās default password, etc) Iāll need a lot more persuading. Itās not that I donāt want to embrace new tech, Iām just pretty disappointed in this area of development.
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I usually unplug mine when Iām not using them.
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Me too - I mean the ones that come pre installed on my Chromebook, etc.