Pluralistic: #Amazon annihilates #Alexa #privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading (15 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/altering-the-deal/#telescreen
#Alexa devices are apparently now Amazon Sidewalk enabled.
https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/contrib-versions/commit/d48e1773b720d363501eb4b63bef5add66ebc3d1#diff-f13c40ac788025c21aecfb528b3761abb102f018c65be08cac0ae6ecfd3ac882R36
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#privacy
Roborock bringt Matter-Update – Smarter Saugen ab sofort auch mit Apple Home
Was machst Du, wenn die US-Cloud Dir den Zugang sperrt?
Ist die Technik in Eurer #Firma von US Diensten abhängig?
Gibt es ein Leben ohne #Alexa und #MetaAI?
#UnplugTrump #DeAmazon #BoykottUSA #Azure #Google #AWS #Chromebook #Android
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Amazon Echo devices now send all #Alexa requests to the company cloud of #Amazon, as of 28th March. Tell me, is this another #privacy concern? 
https://mindsconnected.tech/index.php?showtopic=1055&view=getnewpost #amazonecho #voice #audio #sound #tech
Alexa Plus: la realtà del lancio tra funzioni e problemi
#AI #Alexa #AlexaPlus #Amazon #AssistenteAI #AssistenteVocale #Bug #IntelligenzaArtificiale #Lancio #Limitazioni #Notizie #Novità #Privacy #Problemi #Sicurezza #SmartHome #TechNews #Tecnologia
https://www.ceotech.it/alexa-plus-la-realta-del-lancio-tra-funzioni-e-problemi/
When have we heard this song before?
“There are some other missing features that “don’t yet meet Amazon’s standards for public release”
Alexa Plus just launched in early access, but it’s missing some features
#AI #Alexa #Amazon
https://www.theverge.com/news/639697/amazon-alexa-plus-launch-early-access-missing-features
This morning I am mildly amused by #Alexa's different responses to "Is today Monday?" (Yes) and "Is it Monday?" (the days, hours, and minutes until _next_ Monday).
I reckon two different people wrote the code for those responses, without talking to each other and without checking for prior art first. I wonder which came first.
Our artificial intelligence brings vulnerability management to Alexa https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BZMRR2Q/ #vuldb #amazon #alexa #ai
The old song was mentioned in the book I'm reading, so I asked #Alexa to play “I’m Henery the Eighth, I Am” by Herman's Hermits. Since I don't have Amazon Music Unlimited, she tacked on "and related music" to the request, and I've been listening for over ninety minutes.
What's odd this time is that “Henery the Eighth” has been repeated every half hour or so. I don't recall that happening before.
Amazon vừa gây sốc khi loại bỏ tùy chọn quyền riêng tư trên một số thiết bị Alexa. Giờ đây, người dùng tự động chuyển sang xử lý dữ liệu giọng nói trên đám mây mà không có sự đồng ý trước. Bước đi này có thực sự cần thiết để cải thiện AI, hay sẽ làm giảm quyền kiểm soát của người dùng? #Amazon #Alexa #QuyềnRiêngTư #AI #CôngNghệ https://ift.tt/qB2aR9p
BREAKING NEWS: #Geeks #shocked to learn #Amazon listens in on Alexa! 
Who would've thought that a company profiting from #data might actually use it? 
Next up, the revelation that water is wet and the sun rises in the east! 
#MindBlown
https://ploum.net/2025-03-28-geeks-naivety.html #Alexa #Privacy #MindBlown #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated
Porsche verzichtet auf Apples Next-Gen CarPlay in neuem PCM-System
Porsche setzt bei seinem neuen Infotainmentsystem auf Eigenentwicklungen. Das Next-Gen CarPlay von Apple bleibt jedoch außen vor. Diese Entscheidung könnte Apples Automobilstrat
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/porsche-verzichtet-auf-apples-next-gen-carplay-in-neuem-pcm-system/
#News #Tellerrand #Zubehr #2026Modelle #Alexa #Apple #CarPlay #DolbyAtmos #Infotainment #NextGenCarPlay #PCMSystem #Porsche #PorscheAppCenter
Today #Amazon will force all your voice data from #Alexa through its #AI cloud. That means every word spoken in its presence goes right to Amazon Corporate. Worse, you can't disable this.
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.
Unless you want to mute the device 24x7 and make it useless, today's the day to ditch Alexa.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/reminder-your-alexa-voice-recordings-will-soon-be-sent-to-amazon
#alexa kennt meine stimme nicht.
und ich will das das so bleibt.
ich kenne kaum menschen die sowas nutzen, und wenn dann sind die dinger woanders.
Is there any way to use something [just] like a #FlipperZero to detect, and ideally disable/shut down, an #Alexa device in any room/location I enter? Legality optional, jurisdiction varies. Asking for a me.
I'm going to collect some of these nazi-ears from garbage bins and give them to my MAGA family members for Christmas.
