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Reminds me of 1984’s telescreens; the word seemingly selected to hide the fact that they are also recording devices.


Just reading it, I’m halfway through. I doubt anyone didn’t know they had microphones or cameras. Contrasting it with the word phone, it implies it has a microphone... but we still all carry around in our pocket without hesitation. Yelling “hey Siri” or “ok google” in a crowded place will probably yield as many or more beeps and blips as yelling “Alexa”.




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