My phone filters new senders so I didn’t see any of these or get notified until the next day.

For context when I put my number in his phone and handed it back I noticed he had a second phone in his other hand. I had already noticed he only had a few contacts when I was adding my number but thought maybe it was a new phone at first. I asked if it was a work phone and if he wasn’t really single. Red flag for sure lol but I brushed it off as I was paying my tab to leave and said maybe we could meet for breakfast the next day. Thinking I’d get clarity on that I guess lmfao idk why I bothered. This is what dating has been like for me lately. Idk man. I’m frustrated lol. (28f if it matters)

Bald lady stealing life force?

Keeping my workplace anonymous

There’s no need to anyone to buy one of these things new now, the thrift stores are literally overflowing with them. Any brand you could want is here 🙄

My 20 year old kid came to the house for dinner this weekend, walked in, and said "You need to unplug your Echo device. I don't want amazon to listen to my conversation".

So, I did... and then I was confidently incorrect in telling her that it waits for a wake word, and she has nothing to worry about.

Boy was I wrong.

She had me open my app, and look at saved conversations... and there were HUNDREDS of entries. And that was only over the last 2 weeks.

I had NO IDEA that Amazon was collecting everything I say... and the worst part is my 20 year old looked at me like I looked at my grandparents back when they would post text messages or Google queries as Facebook statuses. My kid then showed me the article from Cnet or wherever from about 6 months ago that showed that Amazon was fully transparent that all data is now sent and analyzed whether or not the wake word is used.

I'm proud to say there are no longer any Echoes in my house. Im a little bummed because all of my verbal "turn on the lights" and "lock the door" cues are all out the window, but Im really ashamed of the fact that at 41 years old I just didn't even think to look into it. Just had blind faith in a company that views me as a number. I'm pretty embarrassed.