Forbes March 28, 2025
Davey Winder

It has been widely reported that Amazon is making changes to Alexa as the online shopping and cloud technology behemoth prepares to release a new AI update called Alexa Plus. Those changes impact privacy controls and, I’m sorry to have to inform you, have come into force today, March 28. The two privacy controls in question relate to the sending and saving of voice recordings. Sending them to the cloud to be analyzed by Amazon. If you haven’t already opted out of doing this, it’s too now too late. Here’s what you need to know.

Hey Alexa, I Can’t Opt Out Of Sending You My Voice Recordings

Some users of Amazon’s smart assistant, Alexa, received an email in the middle...

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