Legitimately confused by the downvotes on this one... Is there another way I should express disbelief and request more information? A drive-by claim that Amazon is lying to its customers about what Echo sends to the Amazon mothership is a substantial accusation that should be supported with either evidence for or a method for independently confirming the veracity of said claim.<p>So, I&#x27;ll try another pass:<p>Dear AndrewUnmuted: would you kindly elaborate on what else, other than the audio that follows the wake word, is transmitted to Amazon that ensures &quot;[Echo] users would not ever have privacy again.&quot;<p>I think we can all stipulate to the fact that there is an audio transmission beginning after the wake word and ending when we see the spinning light pattern that indicates Echo is waiting for a server-side response.