Turn off Drop In on your Amazon Echo
Unless you want to risk friends or family members using the feature at inopportune times, you should switch off Drop In until you want to use it. Here’s how.
From the Alexa app, tap Devices > Echo & Alexa. Now, select which device you want, then tap Communications > Drop In. From here, you can turn off Drop In or limit it to specific devices.
Prevent Amazon from listening to your voice recordings
Turning this feature off is probably the best move.
In the Alexa app, go to Settings > Alexa Privacy > Manage Your Alexa Data. From here, select Choose How Long to Save Recordings > Don’t Save Recordings > Confirm. Next, scroll down to Help Improve Alexa, and switch the Use of Voice Recordings to off.
Manage Skill permissions on your Amazon Echo
Many of these permissions default to off, but every once in a while, it’s a good idea to check which skills you’ve enabled over the months or years of using Alexa, and if they’ve gained one-time access that you don’t want them to keep forever.
To control these permissions, tap More > Settings > Alexa Privacy > Manage Skill Permissions. From here, you can choose the data type you want to access and then toggle each skill on or off.
Disable the camera on your Echo Show
This is a really simple one, but it’s easy to forget. If you use an Echo Show ($128 at Amazon) device, make sure your camera is disabled or covered when you aren’t using it. Hacking laptop cameras and other webcams is a notorious method of spying on people — one used by governments and individual hackers alike — and keeping your camera disabled is a simple way to protect yourself.
To disable your camera, simply use the physical toggle on each Echo Show device.
Turn on Brief Mode on your Amazon Echo
OK, this isn’t technically turning off a feature, but in effect, Brief Mode “turns off” Alexa parroting your questions and commands back to you.
To turn on Brief Mode, open the Alexa app, tap More > Settings > Voice Responses. From here, switch on Brief Mode (and also the useful Whisper Mode, if you so choose).
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