Echo Dot, Privacy & security guide
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#x27;s Alexa-powered Echo Dot smart speaker is round, comes in white, blue, or black and there's even a version that can show you the time. Alexa has become the most bossed around bot on the internet. These days it feels like she's literally in everything. She plays music, turns on lights, makes phone calls, tells jokes, gives the weather, reads the news, orders toilet paper, and helps you feel less alone. Alexa will always be there for you, listening, ready to do your bidding, or sell you some new jeans because you asked her once how to lose weight. How is the Echo Dot for privacy? Well, it's a device that lets listen to you and remember what you say. No, it's not the most private thing in the world.
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