Amazon Removes Echo Privacy Setting, Forcing Alexa Requests to Cloud
Amazon has announced a controversial change to its Echo devices, removing a privacy feature that allowed users to prevent their Alexa voice requests from being sent to the company’s cloud servers. This decision, set to take effect on March 28, 2025, has sparked a debate over user privacy, data security, and AI development. Currently, Echo devices offer an opt-in privacy setting called “Do Not Send Voice Recordings,” which ensures that voice requests are processed locally and never reach Amazon’s cloud infrastructure. However, this feature is now being discontinued and replaced with a new setting called “Don’t Save Recordings.” While this … Read more