I came to DC to work for two ex-NSA guys - Ken Ammon and Jerry Harrold. He had hired (and got one out of jail) coders that worked from me in New Hampshire doing some of the first IoT designs in 1995-98 (
http://www.ajawamnet.com/amnet/index.html ). When we got bought by Verizon, we all had to take typical corporate training.
One was a thing that talked about "... never put anything in a text, email, etc.. that you wouldn't want to see on the front page of the NYT..."
It went so far as to state that if you had something that might be deemed incriminating or similar, to meet the person, in-person; say, in a park (even had a little silhouette animation with a guy on a park bench) and tell them that way. It referred to many cases like the Enron thing...
One of the grey hats I worked with mentioned, "Security is a practice - not a product..." Stuff like using a basic text only email client, and not allowing things like Alexa's in your house.
This has always been the case - with telcomm since the 1960's.
Recall the show Laugh-in? There was a character Lily Tomlin played - from 1968:
"...well Mr. Veetle, I don't see why you're kicking up such a ruckus... according to our files your present bank balance plus stocks ...."
"Privileged information... [snort snort] Oh, Mr. Veetle, that's so cute...you're dealing with the telephone company..."
Yea...
I do have one thing - if I had the time, I'd do - anyone that wants to do it atleast send me a link to you Youboob channel....
Imagine getting a case of Alexas...
"Alexa - Sledge Hammer..."
It responds "A slege hamm..." and right then it gets smashed with a sledge hammer...
"Alexa - Guillotine..."
Alexa: "A guillotine is a ..." KA-CHUNK
"Alexa - Steam Roller..."
Alexa: "A steam roller is ..." crush...
You get the idea... I'd buy that for a dollar...