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 ...

Interestingly, as Amazon prepped with early access testing of Alexa+, it quietly made a worrying policy change. All your voice ... clean history with user privacy in the past.

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

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 ...

Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa smart speakers ... In practice, only a tiny fraction of Echo users ( around 0.03% had this turned on. In the first change, this setting 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 ...

Amazon Echo speakers are some of ... Using Alexa from your Echo speaker also helps with accessibility, like making calls and learning more about upcoming events. It also doesn't require needing ...

Amazon Echo devices will stop supporting ... through voice interactions. The recent change has drawn criticism from Alexa users, with many expressing frustration on social media. Some have raised ...