Alexa has been eavesdropping on you this whole time
Posted By: Maryland_Patriot, 5/7/2019 11:58:07 PM
Would you let a stranger eavesdrop in your home and keep the recordings? For most people, the answer is, "Are you crazy?" Yet that´s essentially what Amazon has been doing to millions of us with its assistant Alexa in microphone-equipped Echo speakers. And it´s hardly alone: Bugging our homes is Silicon Valley´s next frontier. Many smart-speaker owners don´t realize it, but Amazon keeps a copy of everything Alexa records after it hears its name. Apple´s Siri, and until recently Google´s Assistant, by default also keep recordings to help train their artificial intelligences. So come with me on an unwelcome walk down
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