Re: Pause for thought
What gets me about this article is Wardle complains of incorrect use of terminology, off is not (fully) off. Yet Wardle is equally guilty of incorrect use of terminology, El Reg too. Wardle found that the sound is not committed to any storage media, processed nor transmitted to the mothership yet the word 'recorded' is repeatedly used.
Recorded: to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence.
Sure the mic is on but the data is just going to /dev/nul.
I agree with xeroks, Shazam should call this state paused, give a proper off option too and explain the difference.