>How it happened is only relevant to the engineers who build and maintain the thing. I, on the other hand, could not care less how it happened
I'm sorry, this is just stupid. If you cannot see the distinction between a feature that was intended to spontaneously record audio, and a bug caused by faulty voice-processing, then that's on you. The distinction is pretty critical
Critical to what, exactly? The consequences to the user are the same.
Obviously, intentionally designing a feature that spontaneously records and transmits audio is a problem for many reasons. But the lack of intent does not magically erase the consequences for the people who experience this kind of bug.
And, to be clear, this was not simply a matter of "faulty voice-processing". The fact that this could happen without the user's knowledge is a problem in itself. Clearly, there are inadequate visual and audio cues, and insufficient or nonexistent verification. Those failures are not bugs; they are bad design and engineering.
I'm sorry, this is just stupid. If you cannot see the distinction between a feature that was intended to spontaneously record audio, and a bug caused by faulty voice-processing, then that's on you. The distinction is pretty critical