Why willingly put an eavesdropper in your home?
Do you have a smartphone, tablet, modern TV, etc ?
I agree with both statements.
You can turn off the microphone off on early model Alexa and actually all the way up to just recently. No longer can you, the microphone is always on. So no, I would NEVER own a new model Alexa. We do have one, used for one purpose only (since we got it for free many years ago) we use it to play streaming music to our dog when we go out for the day. This started when our last dog went blind, in order to comfort him. It sort of now carried over to our new puppy. However we always have the microphone switched off and once we get home I unplug it.
On my iPhone you can turn off the microphone, same with my MacBook Air. Our Sony TV is not allowed access to our WiFi network and our Roku boxes require you to push a button to do a voice search. Since we are an Apple family all I know is Apple and they make is VERY easy to control privacy concerns.
I do acknowledge very few American families use their privacy controls. So is the way of the world, for now anyway.
I mean even new cars track everything you do and possibly say. As I posted in another forum, Tesla banned a person who bought a used 2022 Model 3 car from using its super chargers. Denied access to them, as the registration has the car labeled as salvage, even though its in perfect condition. Tesla picks up on that salvage title and denies anyone with a salvage title access for fear of something going wrong. (safety)
EVERYTHING you do with that car is recorded and documented, plus they know where you are all the time. I dont know anything about Tesla's so maybe you can turn it off? Have no idea.
