"..Amazon is going to be disabling the privacy feature that processes voice commands locally on Echo devices at the end of this month. Instead, all voice commands will be sent to Amazon's cloud for processing.
I have already followed my own steps to remediate this:
1. Unplug Echo Device
2. Throw Echo Device in Trash
3. Done .."
I am anti certain tech. I was one of the last of our generation to get a cell phone and that was forced. It was simply impossible to exist as a human without one.