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WARNING: Disabled Alexa, Sending Conversations to Amazon

Submitted by Hypatia Littlewings on Fri, 2019/02/15 - 7:09am

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  • Hypatia Littlewings

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  • Internet / Software / Computers / Websites

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Disabled Alexa on portable devices, still sends conversations to Amazon.

This warning is primarily for those who have Alexa capable portable devices and are not using Alexa.

Alexa still records and sends your conversations back to Amazon,
Unless you turn off, "Help Improve App" on your Alexa tab on your Amazon account page.
It will do this even if you never used it and have it disabled on your device.

Note:
You can completely remove the app form Android phones.
You can NOT remove it from Amazon devices.

It will also do so for currently turned off home systems, if a working microphone is attached & functional. If you are actually using it there is a much longer list of privacy issues and settings.
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I found my Fire was doing this even though I disabled everything when I first got it, I use it to read only.
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Be safe,
~Hypatia >i<

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