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steve mookie kong

Amazon is going to be disabling the privacy feature that processes voice commands locally on Echo devices at the end of this month. Instead, all voice commands will be sent to Amazon's cloud for processing.

I have already followed my own steps to remediate this:

1. Unplug Echo Device
2. Throw Echo Device in Trash
3. Done

Dear Echo Customer, We are reaching out to let you know that the Alexa feature 'Do Not Send Voice Recordings' that you enabled on your supported Echo device(s) will no longer be available beginning March 28th, 2025. This feature allowed compatible Echo devices to process the audio of Alexa requests locally on device. As we continue to expand Alexa’s capabilities with generative AI features that rely on the processing power of Amazon’s secure cloud, we have decided to no longer support this feature. If you do not take action, your Alexa Settings will automatically be updated to ‘Don’t save recordings.’ This means that, starting on March 28th, your voice recordings will be sent to and processed in the cloud, and they will be deleted after Alexa processes your requests. Any previously saved voice recordings will also be deleted. If your voice recordings setting is updated to ‘Don’t save recordings,’ voice ID will not work and you will not be able to create a voice ID for individual users to access more personalized features. If you do not want to set your voice recordings setting to ‘Don’t save recordings,’ please follow these steps before March 28th: 1. Open the Alexa App on your Mobile Phone 2. Go to Settings > Device Settings and select the device where this feature is enabled 3. Select 'Do Not Send Voice Recordings' from the menu 4. Disable the setting
#amazon#echo#privacy
Mar 15, 2025, 06:06 AM·Public·Web
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GunChleoc

@mookie Don't forget to check your Amazon account for any past voice recordings and transcripts and get those deleted too

#UnplugTrump
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steve mookie kong

@gunchleoc

Oh! Thank you for the reminder. Will do so.

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