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Amazon's Privacy Ultimatum Starts Today: Let Echo Devices Process Your Data or Stop Using Alexa

CNET reported a few weeks ago that Amazon is preparing to remove a key privacy setting in its smart home devices. Today it goes into effect. Here's what it means.

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All your Alexa recordings will go to the cloud soon, as Amazon sunsets Echo privacy

Amazon is disabling an option that allows your Alexa voice conversations to be processed locally instead of in the cloud.

TechRadar on MSN · 11d

Amazon's big Alexa voice processing change may not be the privacy nightmare you think it is

Amazon is turning off the ability to process voice requests locally. It's a seemingly major privacy pivot and one that some Alexa users might not appreciate. However, this change affects exactly three Echo devices and only if you actively enabled Do Not Send Voice Recordings in the Alexa app settings.

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Amazon is experimenting with renaming Echo speakers to Alexa speakers, and it's about time

After a tip-off from a reader, The Verge was able to confirm that sometimes you might see an Echo Show listed as an Alexa ...

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Echo vs. Echo Dot: Which device should you buy during Amazon's Big Spring Sale?

Smart speakers like Amazon's Echo family of products are a great starting point if you’re looking to get a smarter home. They ...

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Amazon Announces New Spying Initiative for Alexa

You thought your little Alexa devices were a privacy nightmare before? Well, the situation has only gotten grimmer. As part ...

The Verge2d

Amazon tests renaming Echo smart displays to Alexa

According to images seen by The Verge, Amazon is testing changing the name of its Echo smart speakers and smart displays to Alexa. We saw two separate instances of Amazon.com landing pages ...

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Amazon ends privacy feature that let Echo users opt out of sending recordings to company

In an email sent to customers who’d been using the option, Amazon said it made the decision to “no longer support this feature” as it expands Alexa ... generation Echo Dot, the Echo ...

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