Today's chore, unplug all the Alexa devices. I've collected a bunch of them. Been lax about having a listening device in every room, since I've automated lots of things, but given Bezo's fandom, time to take the potential surveillance seriously.
Given how bad the DIY options are, debating opening some of them up, and hard wiring a real microphone off switch.
@MgBarbatos @kay_dub I did, and I'm really happy with how it turned out.
(I've been meaning to write a blog post detailing all the steps, including what it took to (re)integrate the vacuum into Home Assistant without any cloud in the mix but haven't finished that write-up. Soon, I hope!)
I'm a big fan of defanging "smart" devices so that they answer to me instead of some corporate overlord.