I'll be carful, but not good

The reason I won't have anything like it near me. It is known that the ads you get can be influenced by what Alexa, etc, hears.

I'm guessing that the only way to stop it eavesdropping would be to tape over the microphone/speaker.

No dont plug it in, and remove any batteries.

QuoteNo dont plug it in, and remove any batteries.

Then pump half a dozen shotgun rounds into it and feed the remains through a wood chipper.


Then go live in a cave inside a Faraday cage!

And realise that George Orwell's 1984 failed to take account of the adage that "one catches more wasps with honey than vinegar."

Welcome to the jam jar.

I think Orwell has that covered.

This from memory, so could be a bit off.
Winston Smith's girlfriend worked for a department whose stated aim was to censor unsuitable material.
The actual job was making tacky pornos, to keep the proles glues to their spy-tellys.

 

I'm not sure that's an EXACT quote .... but close enough I'm sure.