It's been known for a long time that they listen in. "hopefully" it's only keywords and items like dishwasher.

I've been stressing to family that sentiment analysis is so easy and cheap now. They usually respond with "what's that"? To which I reply "Take the entire history chain of messages between you and everyone in your contacts. Then simply ask 'Is this conversation pro or against the current administration', or 'Are they pro or against ICE', or 'are they pro-life or pro-choice', or literally anything else. In <10 seconds every conversation you have is sorted and collated, and note that at no point did a human read the message, but now has enough information on the conversation to justify a warrant.

Sentiment analysis should terrify everyone with how easy it is to sort every communication. So I say it's not tin foil hat.

That has been snapping them into reality.

There are conversations my family and I have intentionally away from electronics/phones. Mostly I'm hoping to instill the habit in my kid.

Takes me back to the HAARP conspiracy days of taking out your SIM card and eating it raw