I can't wait until we all find out these things have all been systematically rooted and collecting blackmail on folks.
It's one thing to trust Amazon or Google, but now you also have to trust the hotel and its staff, the physical security of the device, and all the previous guests of the room.
You already had to do the physical trust thing. These devices are a new challenge because they could be remotely compromised.
Back in the day you had to be important to get that kind of treatment and usually only the FBI would do it.
This what's known as the Democratization of technology. Now days everyone is important and receives equal treatment!
With miniature cameras being widely available for years now what exactly is new?
"It's ok to do this. Look! Everybody does it. Why are you always so paranoid? If you have nothing to hide why are you fighting it?!"
"Millions" sounds overwhelming until expressed as a proportion of the population of the USA, Australasia, Canada and EU: just shy of a billion.
These devices have been accepted and adopted by a small minority of people to whom they are available.
Meme in Germany...