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.

WIRED

@evacide I wish there was a guide to hacking them and replacing the software. I honestly just need a hands-free way to turn on and off lights at this point.

(Also lol my phone’s swipe keyboard tried autocorrecting “software” to “disease”.)

@dave @evacide its better that way.

I've nearly rid my home of all Google diseases. We don't have searchitis or gmailosis, we have a captive strain of Androismus as well. Unfortunately I haven't been able to cure my living room of its pathological case of type-1 nvidia-ATV.