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Cory Doctorow

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Inside: Amazon annihilates Alexa privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/alt

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A cylindrical black Alexa speaker on a coffee table; it is wearing a Darth Vader helmet. Image: Stock Catalog/https://www.quotecatalog.com (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexa_%2840770465691%29.jpg Sam Howzit (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SWC_6_-_Darth_Vader_Costume_(7865106344).jpg CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
Cory Doctorow

I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*.

Catch me in SAN DIEGO on Mar 24:

mystgalaxy.com/32425Doctorow

And in CHICAGO with PETER SAGAL on Apr 2:

exileinbookville.com/events/44

More tour dates here:

martinhench.com

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