Echo, Amazon and Alexa

Amazon Is Ending an Important Privacy Feature for Alexa Echo Devices By the End of the Month
Have an Alexa-enabled Echo device in the living room? Maybe don't spill your secrets to the voice assistant. Amazon stated in an email sent to Echo users on Friday that starting March 28, they will no longer be able to opt into a "Do Not Send Voice Recordings" setting to process Alexa requests locally and avoid sending voice recordings to Amazon,
Amazon is removing an Echo privacy setting that keeps Alexa recordings from the company
An opt-in Alexa feature called "Do Not Send Voice Records" stops requests from being sent to the company. It will soon be removed.
Amazon’s Echo is ending its ‘Do Not Send Voice Recordings’ feature, starting March 28
Amazon Echo users will no longer have the option to process their Alexa voice recordings locally, which means those recordings (with the exception of
Echo devices will soon send all your Alexa data to Amazon
Amazon will no longer allow Alexa users to opt out of sending their voice recordings to the cloud. (via: The Verge) This feature provided slightly mo
Amazon Will Listen to All Your Voice Recordings If You Use Alexa+
Amazon is nixing one of the few privacy protections against accessing users' voice data, and you can blame AI for the change.
Your Amazon Echo is losing the ability to process Alexa commands on-device
Amazon is removing Alexa’s on-device processing capabilities in preparation for its generative AI upgrade. The company recently alerted users of this change in an email stating that the ‘Do Not Send Voice Recordings’ feature will no longer be available starting March 28.
Amazon Alexa to process voice recordings on cloud: What it means for users
Starting March 28, Amazon Echo users will not have the option to store their voice recordings of conversations with Alexa locally. The company will process every request on cloud only
Amazon to kill Echo privacy feature and send all your Alexa recordings to the cloud
Amazon is disabling an option that allows your Alexa voice conversations to be processed locally instead of in the cloud.
Amazon to Axe Setting That Lets You Store Alexa Voice Recordings Locally
On March 28, ahead of its Alexa+ rollout, Amazon will get rid of the “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” setting on Echo devices that let people store voice recordings locally.
Amazon is getting rid of the option for Echo devices to process Alexa requests locally
Amazon Echo models that were previously able to process Alexa requests locally will no longer do so, instead sending those voice recordings to the cloud. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the change to The Verge after a Reddit user posted a PSA about it on Friday,
Recordings of requests to Alexa will soon go to Amazon cloud
All voice recordings of commands or queries given to Amazon voice assistant Alexa on the company’s Echo devices will go to the Amazon cloud starting March 28.
Amazon is making a privacy change to Echo — those who don’t agree may end up with a useless device
Essentially, everything said to your Amazon Echo from March 28 on will be sent to Amazon’s cloud, and having the setting to ...
‘That’s incredibly creepy’ Alexa users cry as Amazon reveals major privacy feature is being axed
AMAZON is removing a popular feature from Alexa-powered speakers sparking fears over privacy. The tech giant is axing the “do not send voice recordings” option on Echo devices as it ...
Amazon’s Controversial Change to Echo’s Privacy Settings Takes Effect Soon
Amazon is mandating cloud-based processing for Echo voice commands, removing local storage and disabling Alexa’s voice ID to ...