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Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28. (programming.dev)
submitted 18 hours ago by Tea@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 19 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

Now they can hear me scream “shut the fuck up Alexa!!!!” every time she says “…by the way…” when I just want to know what time it is.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Me while cooking mac and cheese for the kids:
"Echo, set timer for 8 minutes"

Echo: "GOOD EVENING [me], SETTING TIMER FOR 8 MINUTES"

No, shut the fuck up and just set the goddamn timer without the extra fluff. I've seen Ex Machina, I know you have no empathy, so knock off the "nice" shit and do what I fucking ask without anything else.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

There are a few settings that make it better. Like enabling "brief mode" or something like that

[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I have brief mode on, she doesn’t give a shit. I need “say the absolute minimum number of words” mode.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

You can buy an egg timer for a few bucks. They say the perfect number of words; zero.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Say this: "Alexa, disable by the way"

[–] XOXOX@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

"Alexa, from now on, call me 'Big Dick Daddy from Cincinnati'."

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Wait hold on

I wonder if I can get the Google assistant British lady to call me that

Edit: Lmfao it works