I was interviewed on WLRN Radio’s Sundial program today about privacy issues relating to home assistants like Alexa, and other privacy topics such as the risks of using private DNA sequencing companies. They’ve published a transcript.
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Does unplugging the device work?
I don’t have one, so I don’t know, but I would assume that — so long as it doesn’t have batteries — that would work.