[Allen In Texas Hill Country]

I don't have a smart phone so I don't/can't do app stuff. I used a laptop to get both Dots up and working. Is there any fix for this? Don't mind unplugging one every night.

[z3n]

Then a couple of days ago I saw the lights on the router continously flashing. The router was being hammered

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Don’t worry about the blinky lights on your router. You weren’t supposed to notice the traffic. That’s just the data packets of all the voice recordings the echo did when you were on the phone or talking to people in the house, being uploaded to amazon.

[TexasGunLover]

We have 14 echo devices (echos, dots, spots, shows, etc). Don’t sweat it.

[Red Badger]

[coaster123]

Maybe a higher level perspective of TV and spy devices would benefit.

[usual suspect]

I got an echo dot for christmas. I hooked it up and it began talking to my jail broke Amazon Firestick. Loaded it up with Amazon store, Amazon music...whatever, but it crowded out my movies and television programs. Kept getting messages to delete my apps because no room. Alexa now sits in a box unplugged.

[taxcontrol]

As a security professional, I do not recommend ANY listening devices. I even turn off my phone’s verbal command capability.

[mkmensinger]

[Brilliant]

I would say that one is malfunctioning. I would figure out which one and ask amazon to replace it.

[skr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ4AeAFdlSM

[SES1066]

Amazon says Alexa is a smart speaker. So ask; "Alexa, are you recording me?"
[Alexa] "Who wants to know?"
[Human] "Alexa, please stop recording me!"
[Alexa] "I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that"
[Human] "I swear I'm going to trash this hockey puck!"
[Alexa] "Calling 9-1-1"

[AppyPappy]

It was downloading videos of you naked to Porntube.

[TexasGator]

“I thought there was a way to highlight a string and then click a button saying its a URL???? NO???”

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