Amazon saved children's voices recorded by Alexa even after parents asked for it to be deleted. Now it's paying a $25 million fine.

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Amazon saved children's voices recorded by Alexa even after parents asked for it to be deleted. Now it's paying a $25 million fine.
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Amazon saved children's voices recorded by Alexa even after parents asked for it to be deleted. Now it's paying a $25 million fine.::"For too long, Amazon has treated children's sensitive data as its own property," Josh Golin, executive director of Fairplay, said in a statement.

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i mean my brother bought them and refuses to remove them. There is no convincing him to remove them. They are in basically every room and nobody defends me when I want them gone because of convenience.

I cannot even ask for the data to be erased because it is not on my account.

Are both of you living with your parents? I would make a point to not talk when such devices are present. Or just voice order expensive shit on Amazon for his account.

So like go completely mute?

Also he uses a debit card which he only transfers money to immediately before buying stuff (so that he gets as much interest as possible)

Completely bruh. You'll do it if you care about privacy.

lmao. What about the other 'smart tech' that I disslike. When internet cut out the lights would just flash to show it was searching for wifi.

Completely mute would make a strong point.