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My girlfriend gave me an Alexa assistant as a gift with all good will, since she knows I like technology. I know in terms of privacy it is garbage, however I wonder if there is a safe way to use some functions of this device, perhaps without internet. Some way to hack it or something, do you guys know something about this?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Morse (and under FISA a 702 they don’t even need a zero day, the NSA can just compel Amazon’s covert facilitation).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Neither of those concerns are exclusive to an Alexa device though. They'd apply to any communication device (phone, tablet, computer, laptop, or any other smart/connected device).