Amazon Prime and Alexa

[bayoubelle]

I have a very strange situation. I recently purchased an Echo Dot and was playing around with sending a message to my husband. Well my son called and said he heard my message 100 miles away.

I realize this is probably due to having an Amazon Prime Household account, I see all of his devices in my Alexa App. Which I did not connect, but they were there when I signed in.

My question is, is there any way to disconnect all these devices? I am willing to remove myself from his household account, but then I can't get another for 6 months, which seems absurd. If I open an account in my husbands name all my info is lost for past purchases.

If anyone can figure out a fix for this, I would appreciate it.

[bayoubelle]

If the Amazon folks find listening in to my household interesting they lives are truly sad.

[BillyBob_Jim]

fj12ryder wrote:
"Most do not make it easy, but those settings are there."

Now whether they actually do what you want them to do is another question entirely.

That's why you also need



I'd also worry about these, as they scan your brainpan when you drive under for financial and other personal information using the Bernoulli effect of photosynthesized antimatter.

[fj12ryder]

"Most do not make it easy, but those settings are there."

Now whether they actually do what you want them to do is another question entirely.

[BillyBob_Jim]

Bill.Satellite wrote:
Wow, so many haters. There are just too many folks afraid of a technology they don't understand.
I believe you can disconnect the accounts as mentioned above. You can also deregister the device from your account (or your husband"s or son's). You can also separate your accounts as being shared Prime accounts but each of you would have to pay the annual Prime fee instead of you both being on the same account.

Hallelujah....Not unlike the "Smart TV" thread where big brother is watching and recording everything you do LOL. It might make sense to read the documentation when buying things and learn how to change default settings, usually found under the privacy tab. I have never seen anything be it a smart TV, a voice controlled anything, a PC, Smartphone, Google, or anything else, where one could not disable/restrict such options etc. You just have to be smarter than the device and take the time to research it out. Most do not make it easy, but those settings are there.

[Lantley]

You have sort of created your own mess by sharing an account vs. paying for your own.
My best advice is to start fresh with your own account. Yes your data may be lost but that data belongs to the original account owner.

[GordonThree]

Sheesh tinfoil hat club this morning.

I did not know the Echo Dot had a camera, where is it located?

[Bill_Satellite]

Wow, so many haters. There are just too many folks afraid of a technology they don't understand.
I believe you can disconnect the accounts as mentioned above. You can also deregister the device from your account (or your husband"s or son's). You can also separate your accounts as being shared Prime accounts but each of you would have to pay the annual Prime fee instead of you both being on the same account.

[wildtoad]

I really don’t want indoor cameras controllable by an outside ( trusted ? ) entity, nor do I want some to have the ability to listen to every word I say.

[wa8yxm]

Unplug the Echo Dot. put it in a box. and return it to Amazon.

There was a news item recently. Turns out AMazon employees are amusing themselves by listening to Alexia's audio streams. THey pick a good one and listen in.

[edatlanta]

Alexa is not needed or wanted by me.

[riven1950]

Well, you asked for a solution......Don't buy one in the first place.

[96Bounder30E]

Moved from tech issues

[MEXICOWANDERER]

Does China employ 800,000 listeners?

[Lwiddis]

Exactly why I don’t have Alexa!

[K_Charles]

Turn off the "Drop In" permission.