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Artair Geal :trek: :bearpride:<p>Today <a href="https://ohbear.wtf/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> will force all your voice data from <a href="https://ohbear.wtf/tags/Alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexa</span></a> through its <a href="https://ohbear.wtf/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> cloud. That means every word spoken in its presence goes right to Amazon Corporate. Worse, you can't disable this.</p><p>Oh, and if you think it isn't sending random conversations to HQ, you don't know Amazon's legal history. They even record children on their kiddie devices -- and store the data indefinitely.</p><p>Unless you want to mute the device 24x7 and make it useless, today's the day to ditch Alexa.</p><p><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/reminder-your-alexa-voice-recordings-will-soon-be-sent-to-amazon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pcmag.com/news/reminder-your-a</span><span class="invisible">lexa-voice-recordings-will-soon-be-sent-to-amazon</span></a></p>
sͧb̴ͫƸ̴gͬᵉ<p>Is there any way to use something [just] like a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FlipperZero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlipperZero</span></a> to detect, and ideally disable/shut down, an <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexa</span></a> device in any room/location I enter? Legality optional, jurisdiction varies. Asking for a me.</p>
Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽<p>I'm going to collect some of these nazi-ears from garbage bins and give them to my MAGA family members for Christmas.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexa</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HitlerIsListening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitlerIsListening</span></a></p>
AnnaAnthro<p>Everything you say to an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexa</span></a> speaker will be sent to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> – starting today</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/everything-you-say-to-an-alexa-speaker-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-today-252923" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/everything</span><span class="invisible">-you-say-to-an-alexa-speaker-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-today-252923</span></a></p>
Corb_The_Lesser<p>Today is the day you take a hammer to your <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexa</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ghacks.net/2025/03/28/amazon-disables-local-processing-of-alexa-voice-requests-today/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ghacks.net/2025/03/28/amazon-d</span><span class="invisible">isables-local-processing-of-alexa-voice-requests-today/</span></a></p>
Knut 🏳️‍🌈 🇳🇴🧸<p>How does a little $5 bluetooth speaker from the Dollar Stores sound for chilling on the balcony, and extemp <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/livecode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livecode</span></a> busking? Pretty damned good!!! Im impressed. It sounds as good as my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alexa</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sound</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audio</span></a></p>
Shawn Hymel<p>I am unplugging my Amazon Echo device for good and switching to the Apple HomePod Mini as my <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SmartSpeaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmartSpeaker</span></a> of choice. While <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexa</span></a> always recorded some voice, the new Alexa+ privacy policies (starting March 28) were a tipping point for me. You can read more about the recent Alexa changes here: <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">3/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IoT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IoT</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a></p>
ryol<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hackers.town/@antijingoist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antijingoist</span></a></span> </p><p>That's such a cool idea!</p><p>Do you have a tutorial how to do that? I tried to search for one, but can't find any. The only answers on Reddit with the same question were basically "why do that" and "sell it and buy a new bluetooth speaker" or "block it with a firewall".</p><p>I have several lying around and with the upcoming AI debacle I'd like to remove Alexa completely and maybe use these speakers with Home Assistant if possible.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazon</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alexa</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/unplugtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unplugtrump</span></a></p>
INBELLA<p>WWE wrestler Alexa Bliss at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards <a href="https://www.inbella.com/965717/wwe-wrestler-alexa-bliss-at-the-2019-billboard-music-awards/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inbella.com/965717/wwe-wrestle</span><span class="invisible">r-alexa-bliss-at-the-2019-billboard-music-awards/</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexa</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/awards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>awards</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/BILLBOARD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BILLBOARD</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/bliss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bliss</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Celeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celeb</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/CelebEvents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CelebEvents</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Celebrities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celebrities</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Celebrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celebrity</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Celebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celebs</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/cleavage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleavage</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>events</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Wrestler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wrestler</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/wwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wwe</span></a></p>
Aerofreak | DE/EN<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dsilverman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dsilverman</span></a></span></p><p>Simple solution: Don't buy their shit.</p><p><a href="https://hessen.social/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazon</span></a> <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alexa</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@shsbxheb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>shsbxheb</span></a></span></p>
Paco Hope #resist<p>So this arrived today. Gonna try to get rid of my <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexa</span></a> from <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> by switching to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeAssistant</span></a>’s voice assistant. My HA setup is a docker container hand made and it’s about 5 years old. Always feels a little fragile so I don’t update it often. The onboarding out of the box didn’t work. So I think I have to upgrade the container. </p><p>They also want my iPhone app to have Bluetooth permissions. That’s fine. But it doesn’t have them. I looked in the security settings and I haven’t denied it. It’s not listed under Bluetooth at all. I think that means the app hasn’t requested permissions yet. I don’t know how to make it ask. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/homeautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeautomation</span></a></p>
✨🇪🇺 Mia’s Simulacrum 🏳️‍⚧️✨<p>I have to throw out Alexa because it sends now data directly to the traitor nation.</p><p>So does anyone know a cheap self-hostet alternative to Alexas?</p><p>Like with voice activation yada yada.</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/selfhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhost</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alexa</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazon</span></a></p>
「ʀᴏʙᴇʀᴛ」<p>"Everything You Say to Your Echo Will Soon Be Sent to Amazon, and You Can’t Opt Out"</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-march-28/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/everything-you</span><span class="invisible">-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-march-28/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alexa</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
Shawn Hooper (he/him)<p>I don't have any Alexa devices, but sharing here in case you do....</p><p>Everything You Say to Your Echo Will Soon Be Sent to Amazon, and You Can’t Opt Out.</p><p>Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-march-28/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/everything-you</span><span class="invisible">-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-march-28/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alexa</span></a></p>
StanceOfMind<p>In an email sent to customers today, Amazon said that Echo users will no longer be able to set their devices to process Alexa requests locally to avoid sending voice recordings to Amazon’s cloud. </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-march-28/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/everything-you</span><span class="invisible">-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-march-28/</span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexa</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AmazonEcho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmazonEcho</span></a></p>
RiffReporter<p>In den 90er Jahren entwickelte Sepp Hochreiter ein System, das Jahrzehnte später den <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a>-Boom auslöste. Doch kaum einer kennt den Professor für maschinelles Lernen, dessen Forschung für <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Siri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Siri</span></a> und <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexa</span></a> genutzt wurde. Christian J. Meier stellt den stillen Pionier vor: <a href="https://www.riffreporter.de/de/technik/sepp-hochreiter-ki-pionier-lstm-xlstm-chatgpt-neuronale-netze-neuronale-netze" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">riffreporter.de/de/technik/sep</span><span class="invisible">p-hochreiter-ki-pionier-lstm-xlstm-chatgpt-neuronale-netze-neuronale-netze</span></a></p>
Nizar Kerkeni 🇹🇳 نزار القرقني<p>Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28 <br> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">3/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/</span></a> <br> <a href="https://mastodon.tn/tags/GAFAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tn/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tn/tags/Alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tn/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>
1337 $#!+ I did that<p>That is one hell of a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> rug pull happening at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a>. I think it also tells us, Amazon can not make money unless <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexa</span></a> and Echo spy on you and your household. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Echo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Echo</span></a> users, you have until March 28th.</p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/tech/amazon-echo-start-reporting-amazon-182826531.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/tech/amazon-echo-sta</span><span class="invisible">rt-reporting-amazon-182826531.html</span></a></p>
Oloap :mastodon: :proton:<p>Prendete nota di quello che ci racconta <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.uno/@ildisinformatico" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ildisinformatico</span></a></span> (io comunque Alexa non la uso)</p><p>"Dal 28 marzo prossimo gli assistenti vocali <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexa</span></a> di Amazon ➡️ smetteranno di rispettare le scelte di <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> dei loro utenti. </p><p>Lo ha comunicato <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> stessa pochi giorni fa, in una mail inviata ad alcuni di questi utenti, ma senza usare parole così chiare."</p><p><a href="https://attivissimo.me/2025/03/17/podcast-rsi-alexa-perde-le-opzioni-di-privacy-ma-ci-sono-alternative/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">attivissimo.me/2025/03/17/podc</span><span class="invisible">ast-rsi-alexa-perde-le-opzioni-di-privacy-ma-ci-sono-alternative/</span></a></p>
Joe Ortiz<p>You might as well throw your Echo and Alexa-powered devices in the trash like you should have done years ago.</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">3/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/</span></a></p><p>Cory (<span class="h-card"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span>) with a banger of a post:</p><p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/altering-the-deal/#telescreen" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/alt</span><span class="invisible">ering-the-deal/#telescreen</span></a></p><p>And this factoid:</p><p>"Congress hasn't passed a consumer <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> law since 1988, when the Video Privacy Protection Act banned video store clerks from disclosing which VHS cassettes you brought home."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Echo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Echo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a></p>
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