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		spacefight on Nov 6, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon Echo Unless the chip design, the firmware, the OS, the software is 100% open source, there is no way to confirm "Nothing will be transmitted to the cloud". It could be an update check, or it could be the transmission of a new voice fingerprint. Same shit with cellphones, I have to admit.

rstupek on Nov 6, 2014 [–]

It is certainly possible to wireshark it and know whether it is transmitting anything. You don't need anything to be open sourced.

spacefight on Nov 7, 2014 | [–]

Read this again, then you'll see what I ment:

"It could be an update check, or it could be the transmission of a new voice fingerprint."

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