[Cryptography] German govt tells parents to destroy WiFi-connected doll

[Florian Weimer]

* Henry Baker:

> Perhaps Alexa is (should be) next?

Alexa isn't the problem, isn't that just some voice processing
service?  I think the products are called Echo, and they might
qualify.

The current media reports fail to mention that this is based on
earlier enforcement activity against a similar device:

  <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddycam>
  <http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/spielzeug/spionage-im-kinderzimmer-teddys-die-sehen-koennen-sind-verboten-a-454388.html>

But in general, the emerging consensus (not just in the EU) seems to
be that recording someone's spoken word isn't really recording as long
as only a machine processes the recording.  Which aligns quite well
with how government agencies make copies of data generated by citizens
who are clearly not suspected of any wrongdoing and claim that it
doesn't count as long as only machines look at the data.