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On Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 10:46:49 AM UTC-10, Casa de Masa wrote:
> On 8/30/2017 2:27 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 2:30:15 PM UTC-4, Casa de Masa wrote:
> >> On 8/30/2017 10:45 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >>> My mother has WiFi on her computer in the living
> >>> room talking to the Amazon Fire in the family room.
> >>>
> >>> Cindy Hamilton
> >>
> >> Every word recorded at Amazon's servers.
> >>
> >> Insecure by application.

> >
> > Her Amazon Fire is a tiny little USB stick. I think you're
> > mistaking it for the Echo.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >

>
> My bad, you are correct, Fire is the tv device.
>
> I don't know if they take voice commands yet, if so, bad news.


The Amazon Fire Stick does not take voice command. The deluxe version, Fire TV, does. The Fire Stick can be loaded up with third party apps so that's a security concern.

My son just got a 55" TV. It's a 4K smart TV that includes Roku streaming capability. It was $360. Amazing!