There&#x27;s enough people out there hacking the echo and looking at the data getting sent back and forth that anything suspect would be all over HN and reddit within hours of the update that caused it.  It has some closed source bits but watching the traffic is pretty trivial. Not saying they&#x27;re not doing or won&#x27;t do anything sneaky, but there&#x27;s a good chance it&#x27;ll get noticed if it does.  Hell amazon already has so much info on me just from what I&#x27;ve willingly given them in account details and activity I&#x27;d almost be interested to see what more they think they&#x27;d get from eavesdropping and my everyday life.  Maybe my ads will start being for things i want instead of things i just bought.