Amazon is making significant changes to its data collection policy for Echo users, starting March 28. The company will begin sending all voice recordings to the cloud, ending a feature that allowed users to keep their information local.
The change affects Alexa’s “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” feature and users who have enabled the “Don’t save recordings” setting. To access these features again, users must manually switch them on. This means everything users say after March 28 will be sent to Amazon’s cloud, raising security concerns.
Amazon claims that voice requests are encrypted in transit but points out that once they arrive at the cloud, they’ll be used by Amazon and its employees. The change has sparked outrage among Alexa users, who have taken to Reddit to express their displeasure. This move comes after Amazon announced a subscription service called Alexa+, which promises a more seamless experience.
Source: https://www.yahoo.com/tech/amazon-echo-start-reporting-amazon-182826531.html