I should be outraged, but:
1. I'm tired of being outraged.
2. Figured Amazon was listening inalready.
3. About the only thing I ask Alexa for are:
a. "Find Corner Gas on YouTube"
b. "Play 'The Best of Car Talk.'"
So they can listen in all they want.
What am I on about? This.
In a nutshell, Amazon is rolling out AI-enabled whatsises in the next few weeks and to make it all work, they'll no longer allow users who don't want their voice recordings entering the cloud block that feature. If they do block it, the devices they've paid for and have been working for however long they've had them will brick.
Brick, as in "not function anymore."
Tell me again why I'm not excited to move to streaming services, 'cause nobody can take my CDs and DVDs away from me because I no longer want to play.
From the article:
Amazon said in its email today that by default, it will delete recordings of users’ Alexa requests after processing. However, anyone with their Echo device set to “Don’t save recordings” will see their already-purchased devices’ Voice ID feature bricked. Voice ID enables Alexa to do things like share user-specified calendar events, reminders, music, and more. Previously, Amazon has said that "if you choose not to save any voice recordings, Voice ID may not work." As of March 28, broken Voice ID is a guarantee for people who don't let Amazon store their voice recordings.
Big Brother is listening. Not that we didn't suspect that already.
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