According to the Verge article, concerning the new intercom feature:
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You’ll need to set up two things to enable the intercom feature on your Echo devices: first, each individual Echo needs to have its own room name configured on the Alexa app, and you’ll need to make sure that drop-in is enabled within your house as well as in the Alexa app.
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Creepy, really creepy! Why require drop in for an intercom to be able to work? That's insane. Family is one thing, but friends too can drop in unannounced. And who knows who all your various family members will invite into the system. Let's all drop in on Jeff at 3:00am and see how he likes his new feature then.
Okay, we will have to wait until the feature gets hacked, but it is only a matter of time. Fortunately I live alone so this feature will be disabled, or at least I hope it will be disabled.