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Weekly Download #78: Jeff Bezos is listening...
How to keep your Echo from getting bricked, a toilet heist, and more!
Roger Feeley-Lussier
23 Mar • Reading Time: 9 minutes
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WEEKLY DOWNLOAD #78
Good Evening it’s Sunday, March 23, 2025 – and Amazon is, as always, up to some freaky sh*t.
This week, Bezos’ business announced that all Echo devices will send your Alexa requests to Amazon to help train its new Alexa+ AI assistant.
What you need to know: The change will take effect March 28, 2025, and according to this Ars Technica article, any device that is already set to “Don’t save recordings” will lose access to the Voice ID personalization feature.
What is Alexa Voice ID?
Voice ID personalization on Amazon Alexa allows the device to recognize different users' voices, providing personalized responses and user-specific information like playlists and reminders.
This is unequivocally bullsh*t.
I don’t trust Bezos with my data (I’ve never gotten an Echo for this exact reason).
We’ll cover more in the How To, so keep scrolling.
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Let’s friggin go!
-Roger
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