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We Got This Covered
Jorge Aguilar

Millennial dad thinks Alexa is safe, then his Gen Z daughter showed him the ‘hundreds’ of embarassing secret recordings

cA millennial father decided to completely ditch his Amazon Echo setup after his Gen Z daughter exposed a seriously embarrassing secret: the devices had been quietly storing hundreds of voice recordings without him knowing. This dad, who posts on Reddit as u/attachedhearttheory, found himself instantly humbled and ashamed when his 20-year-old showed him the evidence hidden deep within the Alexa app, per Daily Dot.

The whole ordeal started when the daughter arrived at his home for dinner and immediately insisted he unplug the smart speaker. She was worried about surveillance, telling him directly, “I don’t want Amazon to listen to my conversation.”

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