Impish4249<p>1/2</p><p>"Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28"</p><p>Yes I know that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexa</span></a> is only supposed to activate on a key word...</p><p>...but...</p><p>...why would anyone <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/willingly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>willingly</span></a> let a third party, in particular <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> , listen to everything in your home no matter how intimate? Not just the sexual, but <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/financial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>financial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> and, especially now, in a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> info.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voiceassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voiceassistant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/siri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>siri</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heygoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heygoogle</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">3/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/</span></a></p>