"..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 do not allow Echo in the house. Therefore no need to throw it away. However it does not matter. Every time Sally and I talk about buying something 2 minutes later there's an advertisement for it on my android tablet. Yeah I am sure that's just a coincidence....😲