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Pluralistic: Amazon annihilates Alexa privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading (15 Mar 2025)


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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on March 15, 2025Categories UncategorizedTags ai, alexa, amazon, darth vader mba, enshittification, growth stocks, privacy, privacy first, twiddling, voice assistants1 Comment on Pluralistic: Amazon annihilates Alexa privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading (15 Mar 2025)

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