Wynn Las Vegas Announces the Addition of Amazon Echo to All Hotel Rooms

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Because, What happens in Vegas stays on Amazon servers forever

I do understand why they are doing it. Yet I REALLY don't like the idea of an always on audio recording device in my hotel room, especially in Las Vegas lol!

Orwell never would have imagined that we'd be paying for the privilege to surveil ourselves.

This sounds intriguing. But today, the Echo pairs with the Alexa service, which requires the end-user to log in with an Amazon account. For a shared setting like this, how will that be handled?

Alexa's usual strategies don't apply: no personalized info, no integration with your Amazon ecosystem. I'm curious how their data ingestion and data analysis will be altered to accommodate this scenario, and prevent the guests' "personalized" data from being sticky between different guests.

Not even a single mention in the press release about guest privacy or whether or not guests may choose to opt-out. I won't be considering Wynn on my next trip to Vegas, that's for sure.

Are you serious? I've never been to a hotel that wouldn't get rid of something like this right away on request.

I don't know, I'm pretty sure that's akin to asking for the clock/radio to be removed, to which I'm pretty sure they'd respond "it comes with the room".

Unless you're staying at a motel 6 they'd definitely send someone to take it out.

Removing the clock, or the radio, or even the wrong colored curtains really isn't going to be a problem at any decent hotel.

I really can't even imagine one of the big chains refusing a request like that, they'd be in so much shit from corporate.

Now I sorta wish Google were in the hotel business.

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