Haha! It's been that way for decades!
Why do you think there is one of these 
inside of every home smoke detector with a label that reads, "Do Not Open" ? It's a microphone!
</sarcastic paranoia>
People will voluntarily put “Big Brother” devices in their homes, so everything audible (and with the next device, visible) can be transmitted and recorded at some unknown central facility??!!
1984 took awhile longer but Orwell was a prophet.
Every smart phone, laptop, computer with a microphone can be remotely turned on
alexa just makes it easier
Haha! It's been that way for decades!
Why do you think there is one of these inside of every home smoke detector with a label that reads, "Do Not Open" ? It's a microphone!
</sarcastic paranoia>