<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thanks for the information Noreen. It was quite easy to disable.<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Sincerely,</div> Deb Reed<div>Central CT Chapter President </div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">National Federation Of The Blind</span><br><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Phone - 860-973-3679 </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Cell-860-378-5370</span></div><div>Email - deb.reed57@gmail.com</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 8, 2021, at 11:06 AM, Elizabeth Rival via CT-NFB <ct-nfb@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">                                Hi all, yes, I also saw this and am investigating with tech help from my daughter. She says not to panic if you have password security. More news to follow for all users. Beth <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> ngrice5456@aol.com <ngrice5456@aol.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 07, 2021 9:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> erival@comcast.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Amazon Echo and privacy concerns<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hi Beth, <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I saw a story on the news tonight about Amazon Alexa devices becoming public hot spots so people could potentially hack into your Alexa device. Not sure if you had seen this. Apparently you have to opt out and it starts tomorrow. Here's the story from two TV channels:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/ag-warns-amazon-to-automatically-connect-smart-home-devices-to-shared-network/2503465/">https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/ag-warns-amazon-to-automatically-connect-smart-home-devices-to-shared-network/2503465/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.wfsb.com/news/your-amazon-devices-will-essentially-become-public-wifi-hotspots-if-you-dont-disable-this-option/article_400d18bc-c79c-11eb-8656-775966e0e603.html?block_id=994091">https://www.wfsb.com/news/your-amazon-devices-will-essentially-become-public-wifi-hotspots-if-you-dont-disable-this-option/article_400d18bc-c79c-11eb-8656-775966e0e603.html?block_id=994091</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Noreen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>CT-NFB mailing list</span><br><span>CT-NFB@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for CT-NFB:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/deb.reed57%40gmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>