Ex-Amazon insider reveals how Alexa handles your voice data — 6 privacy settings to change now
aftahi_ai · x · 2026-09-26
A former Amazon employee who worked on Alexa internals says the company has sold over 500 million Alexa devices and is effectively betting that most owners will never open the privacy settings menu to see what's collected.
The thread promises an insider's account of: what the "always listening" myth gets wrong, what actually happens to voice recordings and how long they're kept, and the exact settings that control data collection — culminating in 6 privacy settings to change today. Full details live in the thread.
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