Do you have a voice-activated speaker in your home? The devices have been in the news before, and last week privacy questions about Alexa made the major news' networks again.
Don't get rid of your device, and please don't stress about it! Like all of our internet-enabled devices (computers, tablets, smartphones, etc.) it is always wise for us to learn about privacy settings and know what we can do to increase our security.
This news clip is worth 4 minutes of your time if you have one of these devices (Amazon Echo or another brand). There is a 30-second ad before the actual clip begins.
Then, if you have an Echo device, please open the Amazon Alexa app on your phone, touch on the 3 lines in the upper-left hand corner, select Settings, then Alexa Account, then Alexa Privacy. There are five links on that screen. It would be wise and informative to touch each one to review your options. At the very least, in the Manage How Your Data Improves Alexa section, I strongly recommend turning off - "Help Develop Features" and "Use Messages to Improve Transcriptions."
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