I rarely tell people to throw their devices into the sea, but you should throw your Amazon Echo into the sea.

https://www.wired.com/story/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-march-28/

Everything You Say to Your Echo Will Soon Be Sent to Amazon, and You Can’t Opt Out

Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.

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@evacide TLDR this thread, but I'm sure someone wants to collect and hack the firmware. Your post reminded me of a video by Chris Doel where he makes a battery bank from discarded vapes he collected https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ehp23hrrEHY
Turning Disposable Vapes into a Fast Charge Power Bank

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@evacide I want to see someone make a choir of Amazon Echo's perform Ave Maria