Ask HN: Private Alternatives to Alexa?
Maybe this is an obvious answer, and therefore not one you're interested in, but there's Siri.<p>Although audio is sent to the cloud, you can choose whether it is stored or not, and whatever you pick, Apple's privacy policy is <i>very</i> strict.<p>HomePods are mostly advertised as music playback devices, but I mostly use mine as a HomeKit control device.<p>Homebridge allows you to control non-HomeKit devices via Siri: <a href="https://homebridge.io" rel="nofollow">https://homebridge.io</a>