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Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant.

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago

it’s funny/horrifying people think this wasn’t already happening

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

If I had an Alexa box, the only privacy feature I would trust would be a switch to physically disconnect the microphone.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

That’s how they got me. I decided Siri was acceptable since I could set it to only listen when I pressed a button. Now somehow there’s an echo device in every room

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago

The only alexa I trust is a smashed one

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 12 hours ago

As opposed to now when everything you say to your Echo is sent to Amazon, but Amazon gives you a placebo privacy button to pacify you.

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

So now every word you utter that Bezos’ AI thinks is a trigger word will be auto reported to the Trump admin. Love!

Time to ditch those spyboxes

[–] __________@lemmy.org 1 points 3 minutes ago

I think everyone should speak of uprising activities against the Trump regime to send them into a tizz.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Gotta find the immigrants and anti-capitalists

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 14 hours ago

don't you have to pay for that privelege?