@wordshaper @cwebber @simon Yes, exactly. There are a few known cases where people got caught doing this with smart TVs and toys as well back then. *However* things have changed dramatically with cloud-based AI / LLMs. That goes for power issues as well. The transcription is fast + cheap and the energy consumption is an externality for the company - it's not a cost incurred by the ad brokers / spies or the mobile device and, if Microsoft gets their way, the servers will run on US-based nuclear.