New ‘Alexa Jammer’ stops Amazon speaker listening in on your private conversations
How to stop Alexa sending your voice clips to strangersFirst, open the Amazon Alexa app and then navigate to Settings.You’ll find a page that explains: “Training Alexa with recordings from a diverse range of customers helps ensure Alexa works well for everyone.
“With this setting on, your voice recordings may be used to develop new features and manually reviewed to help improve our services.Amazon warns you that turning the setting off will mean “new features may not work well for you”.If you've never heard of Alexa, here's what you need to know...You can find her on several different devices, including Amazon's Echo speakers.She can perform thousands of different tasks, including telling you about the news or weather.
Alexa will also get more used to your voice, and better understand what you want her to do over time. Senior Technical Product Manager for Amazon Robert Frederick says he turns off his Alexa to protect his privacyVirgin Galactic unveils cabin of rocket plane that will carry tourists to spaceHuge PayPal email scam targets THOUSANDS of Brits – police reveal how to spot itMind-blowing Astronomy Photo of the Year competition reveals strange galaxiesAmazon hasDo you think your devices are listening to your private conversations? Let us know in the comments...
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