Amazon Echo kills local voice storage: everything goes to the cloud from March 28
alex_verem · x · 2026-10-31
@alexverem catalogs moments users lost control of AI devices: in March 2025 Amazon removed the setting that let some Echo owners keep voice recordings on-device — from March 28, everything you say goes to Amazon's cloud, with no opt-out button.
The thread also recalls the $699 Humane AI Pin, sold as a phone replacement: after HP bought the company for $116M, every Pin was switched off 10 days later and all customer data was permanently deleted, with most owners getting nothing back.
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