my family is moving into a much bigger house than we used to have. we use amazon echos as an intercom system through the announcement feature. because our house is bigger, i’m being forced to get one myself for my room. i haven’t needed one for years because i use their app on my phone and i can see their announcements as a notification and i can also kill off most of its tracking by DNS. unfortunately my parents don’t understand this and are forcing me to get one. what can i do to limit its tracking?

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      4 months ago

      Ya there’s no such thing as “being forced to use it”. What are they going to do, lock you in your room with no food if you refuse? Just stand up and say no and don’t compromise on it.

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        You know, in an ideal world, that makes sense.

        But this isn’t an ideal world. That’s the kind of advice that can get a kid literally beaten in a bad scenario. Parents usually hold all the power in a household, and it isn’t the kind of power you can just shrug off.

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          4 months ago

          Developing countries probably don’t have like 4 amazon echos in the house as an intercom system though, tbf.

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            You’d be surprised what stuff has a higher priority for purchase.

            IMHO the only reason they don’t is because they don’t know how to use it or do not care…

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          My neighbor tied her children because she went out and “they fight a lot” she claimed to be outside for 20 or 30 mins but neighbors said it was like half day.