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

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

The only alexa I trust is a smashed one

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

Gotta find the immigrants and anti-capitalists

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

don't you have to pay for that privelege?