Amazon Echo and the Alexa dollhouses: Security tips and takeaways

Warning: if you plan to read this article out loud in the vicinity of an Amazon Echo device you may want to turn off its microphone before doing so (for reasons that will become clear in a moment).

This article offers tips on securing the Alexa service on Amazon Echo devices; it is not about the security of dollhouses, although dollhouses do come into the picture, so to speak. The shorter version goes like this:

Amazon Echo and the Alexa dollhouses: Security tips and takeaways