Windows 10: How does Alexa get access to my contacts without my permission?

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  1. JAYGOURLEY
    jaygourley Win User

    How does Alexa get access to my contacts without my permission?


    Why does Alexa have access to my contacts? Am I overlooking something? Is it easy for any app to circumvent my privacy settings?I have a Windows computers and an iPhone, both with Alexa apps installed. On the iPhone, I explicitly deny access to the contacts, and Alexa cannot display my contacts there.On the Windows 10 computers, contacts are stored in an Exchange mailbox in the cloud and locally in an Outlook .ost file. The Windows setting to deny Alexa app access to contacts does not appear. There are only a handful of installed apps that appear there. I think the Alexa app I have inst

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    jaygourley, Sep 6, 2021
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  2. JERRY_DWYER
    Jerry_Dwyer Win User

    Amazon Alexa . . .

    I'm running Windows 10 Pro . . . I want to install Amazon Alexa. I type it into Amazon search,

    install Alexa. It's free . . .

    It shows me a round blue circle. I click on it, but nothing seems to happen. Please give me,

    step by step instructions. I just, really want Alexa on my computer . . .

    Thanks for reading . . .
     
    Jerry_Dwyer, Sep 6, 2021
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  3. BESTELLEN
    bestellen Win User
    Deleting contacts from Windows 10


    When you say Windows Mail Live are you referring to Mail app or Windows Live Mail?

    I suggest you to try the steps provided below and check if it helps.


    • Open Windows Live Mail.
    • Press Ctrl + 3 using your keyboard. Right-click on the contact to delete it if it is a single contact.
    • Highlight all contacts by pressing Ctrl + A.
    • Click Delete located on the Ribbon bar.
    • Click OK when you see the message These contacts will also be deleted from Hotmail, Messenger, and other Windows Live services.

    After following the steps above, all your contacts that you have manually added to your account will be deleted however, contacts coming from third-party sites such as Facebook will not be deleted unless you remove Facebook from your account.

    For Mail app:

    Open People app then delete the contact.

    Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.
     
    bestellen, Sep 6, 2021
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  4. JERRY_DWYER
    Jerry_Dwyer Win User

    How does Alexa get access to my contacts without my permission?

    Amazon Alexa . . .

    Mark , , , I'm running Windows 10 Pro . . . I want to install Amazon Alexa. I type it into Amazon search,

    install Alexa. It's free . . .

    It shows me a round blue circle. I click on it, but nothing seems to happen. Please give me,

    step by step instructions. I just, really want Alexa on my computer . . .

    Thanks for reading . . . Jerry
     
    Jerry_Dwyer, Sep 6, 2021
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