CNET reported a few weeks ago that Amazon is preparing to remove a key privacy setting in its Alexa smart home devices. Today, it goes into effect. Here's what it means.

is making waves. Starting March 28, Alexa Echo users won't be able to block their devices from sending all voice recordings to Amazon for analysis. Just before this privacy change, more than 2,000 ...

This two-step change means Alexa users need to make a trade-off between privacy and functionality. Put simply, Amazon needs Echo devices to start making money. As US voice assistant expert Joseph ...

According to well-informed TV tech writer Janko Roettgers, Amazon is "courting major publishers" to bring their apps to the ...

Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa smart speakers, in a push to introduce artificial intelligence-powered “agentic capabilities” and turn a profit from the popular devices.

However, many online have expressed skepticism about Amazon’s privacy commitments. Some users who previously avoided Alexa and Echo products due to privacy concerns say this change is ...

Admit it: You’ve always wondered whether Amazon’s Alexa spies on you. You may have even gotten a little paranoid about it at one point, especially since privacy ... about a change in the ...

If you have an Amazon Echo ... by making the decision on its own. However, Amazon’s spokesperson Lauren Raemhild had said, “The Alexa experience is designed to protect our customers’ privacy ...