Daria Magdik on the Adguard blog:
But as of March 28, 2025, Amazon has removed the “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” option for several Echo devices, including the 4th-generation Echo Dot, Echo Show 10, and Echo Show 15. This change means that all voice commands — and effectively everything your Echo hears — will now be transmitted to and processed in Amazon’s cloud.
I am pretty shocked this isn’t being covered more widely, so here’s me doing my part to bring this to the surface.