Is the Amazon Alexa dangerous?

     I recently got my mom got a Google Home Mini since she's been listening to music a lot over quarantine, but her speaker is a few years old and is very large and inconvenient to carry from room to room. As I was setting it up, I saw that there was a feature that disabled the microphone so the Google Home can't hear you. Seeing that made me think of a headline I remembered seeing a year ago reporting on a  lawsuit against the Amazon Alexa. In mid 2019, Alexa was sued for violating privacy laws and allegedly keeping all recordings on record, even ones that did not call Alexa directly. The lawsuit was mainly concerned with the fact that Alexa had been recording children without their knowledge and storing the recording permanently on their shelves.

    Personally, I feel like people should know that if they have an always-on device that responds to a key word, it's most likely always recording and waiting to hear the key word. However I also feel like that should be disclosed by Amazon in order to prevent scenarios like this. What are your opinions on the Amazon Alexa or similar devices like it such as Google Home?