Amazon disputes claims that Echo Show’s Drop-In feature is a security risk

 Drop-In is a strange and mostly ill-advised feature. It’s a way of offering instant communication between Echo devices — essentially a phone call that doesn’t require the receiver to pick up in order to initiate. Hence, “dropping in.” Amazon introduced it with the new Show and is rolling it out to older Echo devices as a way of facilitating the new intercom feature… Read More

from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/28/amazon-disputes-claims-that-echo-shows-drop-in-feature-is-a-security-risk/?ncid=rss