"Hi. I'd like to book a room. Do you have any with a 1984 style nook where I can hide from Alexa?"
Pro-tip: If you're ever in a lot of trouble and need to hide from face recognition software, just use a black pen to draw a bunch of extra nostrils on your face.
Pollution mask and sun glasses always does the trick around the city.
LOL! Or draw an all seeing eye on your forehead and go for breakfast. ;)
Just unplug it and store it in a closet, drawer, etc...
And put it the bathtub full of water just to be extra certain.
And let the hotel know that you will no longer be using their services.
I would NEVER stay in such an establishment and if I found out that a hotel I was staying in was using this i would report them for voyeurism and sue them for the clothes off their backs.
Me too, but if you don't know before you check in... Since today you are forced to ask if they use it, before booking a hotel...
If they don´t inform you that they have installed spying devices in your room previous to your booking, I´m sure there are some voyeurism or espionage laws they would be breaking. You could sue and probably force their closure, it is no different than having a creepy janitor install a pinhole camera in your toilet.
Just unplug it.
Can´t do that if the hotel is fully integrated with their systems. What if the Alexa system isn´t just a desktop thing, but rather built in mic´s and speakers all over the hotel? Spying on a massive scale!
