This is a very very bad idea.
Opt Out now if you use Alexa, Ring or Echo.
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Personally, I doubt ‘opting out’ is enough. I think people need to disconnect. The computing world has been plagued with software that ‘accidentally’ turns on geolocation software over and over again (it’s intentional). Nothing to stop Amazon from having ‘issues’ with collection of information even though you are opted out. How can the average consumer prove that their devices are not part of the mesh, at least part of the day?
Disconnect/destroy is the only way to be certain. Even though I have none of these technologies, my neighbors have ‘RING’ or whatever camera is on the door, so our daily drive habits (cul de sac) are recorded. Being part of a network may lead hacking into wifi phone use or programming.
THey have evil plans which I refuse to participate in, but my neighbors and family have this technology so I can still be tracked.
There are other security and automations systems out there which don’t rely on China, Amazon or Google and are nearly 100% secure.
Now is the time for Americans to stop trusting technology and take back their lives.
My home is wired with 50 wifi and wired computers/devices and they are all 100% secure.
Just spent a considerable amount of time online with Amazon customer service and was told that many cannot opt out if their app doesn’t have that option under account settings. Ours does not so we just disconnected we had enjoyed listening to older music without commercials.