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Everything you say to an Alexa speaker will be sent to
Amazon—starting today

Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa
smart speakers, in a push to introduce artificial intelligence-
powered "agentic capabilities" and turn a profit from the
popular devices.

Starting today (March 28), Alexa devices will send all
audio recordings to the cloud for processing, and choosing
not to save these recordings will disable personalization
features.

Alexa devices send recordings to the cloud by default.
However, some high-end Echo models previously supported
a setting called "Do not send voice recordings."

If this setting was enabled, all recordings were processed
locally. In practice, only a tiny fraction of Echo users
(around 0.03% had this turned on.

In the first change, this setting is disabled, and all
recordings will be sent to the cloud.

. . .

Recorded, kept, analyzed and sure as hell SOLD to
the highest bidders, including the cops/spooks.

Anything you say WILL be used against you ...

Got Alexa ? INTO THE TRASH !!!
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On Sat, 29 Mar 2025 21:35:53 -0400, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote: >https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-alexa-speaker-amazon-today.html >Everything you say to an Alexa speaker will be sent to

Amazon—starting today
Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa
smart speakers, in a push to introduce artificial intelligence-
powered "agentic capabilities" and turn a profit from the
popular devices.
Starting today (March 28), Alexa devices will send all
audio recordings to the cloud for processing, and choosing
not to save these recordings will disable personalization
features.
Alexa devices send recordings to the cloud by default.
However, some high-end Echo models previously supported
a setting called "Do not send voice recordings."
If this setting was enabled, all recordings were processed
locally. In practice, only a tiny fraction of Echo users
(around 0.03% had this turned on.
In the first change, this setting is disabled, and all
recordings will be sent to the cloud.
. . .
Recorded, kept, analyzed and sure as hell SOLD to
the highest bidders, including the cops/spooks.
Anything you say WILL be used against you ...
Got Alexa ? INTO THE TRASH !!!

(using Tor Browser 14.0.8) https://duckduckgo.com/?q=alexa+speaker+amazon+sold+2025

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-alexa-speaker-amazon-today.html
March 29, 2025
The GIST
Editors' notes
Everything you say to an Alexa speaker will be sent to Amazon—starting today >by Kathy Reid, The Conversation
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain
Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa smart speakers, in a >push to introduce artificial intelligence-powered "agentic capabilities" and >turn a profit from the popular devices.
Starting today (March 28), Alexa devices will send all audio recordings to the >cloud for processing, and choosing not to save these recordings will disable >personalization features....

[end quoted excerpt]

it's sci-fi becoming reality, "big brother is watching you meets godzilla"
and it seems that every party to corporate-government is on the bandwagon

in the newsgroup "alt.privacy.anon-server", big brother/troll farm agents
have actually stated explicitly and repeatedly that remailer users should literally "uncheck" and "deactivate" their "remailer message routing" for posting articles to usenet newsgroups . . . i'll quote a frank zappa tune:

"I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed 'n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little had changed

I am the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you

I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say

I am the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I am the slime oozin' out
From your TV set

You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don't need you
Don't go for help...no one will heed you

Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold

That's right, folks.. Don't touch that dial
Well, I am the slime from your video
Oozin' along on your livingroom floor
I am the slime from your video

Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go"

'I'm the Slime' -- Frank Zappa & Mothers
(c) 1973 Warner Bros. Records

(no insult to actual oozing slime intended)

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El 30/3/25 a las 3:35, c186282 escribió:

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-alexa-speaker-amazon-today.html

Everything you say to an Alexa speaker will be sent to
Amazon—starting today

Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa
smart speakers, in a push to introduce artificial intelligence-
powered "agentic capabilities" and turn a profit from the
popular devices.

Starting today (March 28), Alexa devices will send all
audio recordings to the cloud for processing, and choosing
not to save these recordings will disable personalization
features.

Alexa devices send recordings to the cloud by default.
However, some high-end Echo models previously supported
a setting called "Do not send voice recordings."

If this setting was enabled, all recordings were processed
locally. In practice, only a tiny fraction of Echo users
(around 0.03% had this turned on.

In the first change, this setting is disabled, and all
recordings will be sent to the cloud.

. . .

  Recorded, kept, analyzed and sure as hell SOLD to
  the highest bidders, including the cops/spooks.

  Anything you say WILL be used against you ...

  Got Alexa ? INTO THE TRASH !!!

Yeah, well, nothing really new, as if they weren't listening before that
(and I mean when the option to send was turned off etc), that's what
happens when you have a crappy product from an EVIL company with EVIL
non-free software in it. It happens with Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Meta,
and whatever other evil company you want, and will always happen with them.

Besides that, I have a very old Fire TV Cube unused somewhere, I may
research what stuff I may do to it like installing custom ROM or
GNU/Linux. Also curious about extreme de-bloating
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On 1/4/25 18:18, 6R1MR34P3R wrote:

Got Alexa ? INTO THE TRASH !!!

Yeah, well, nothing really new, as if they weren't listening
before that (and I mean when the option to send was turned off
etc), that's what happens when you have a crappy product from an
EVIL company with EVIL non-free software in it. It happens with
Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, and whatever other evil company
you want, and will always happen with them.

Besides that, I have a very old Fire TV Cube unused somewhere, I
may research what stuff I may do to it like installing custom ROM
or GNU/Linux. Also curious about extreme de-bloating

As O’Brien passed the telescreen a thought seemed to strike him.
He stopped, turned aside and pressed a switch on the wall. There
was a sharp snap. The voice had stopped.

Julia uttered a tiny sound, a sort of squeak of surprise. Even in
the midst of his panic, Winston was too much taken aback to be
able to hold his tongue.

‘You can turn it off!’ he said.

‘Yes,’ said O’Brien, ‘we can turn it off. We have that privilege.’
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On Tue, 01 Apr 2025 22:38:34 -0700, Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com>
wrote:

As O’Brien passed the telescreen a thought seemed to strike him.
He stopped, turned aside and pressed a switch on the wall. There
was a sharp snap. The voice had stopped.

Julia uttered a tiny sound, a sort of squeak of surprise. Even in
the midst of his panic, Winston was too much taken aback to be
able to hold his tongue.

‘You can turn it off!’ he said.

‘Yes,’ said O’Brien, ‘we can turn it off. We have that privilege.’

Worth repeating.
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