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05-25-2018, 08:32 PM
Let's all chill out about this whole 'Alexa is spying on you' thing
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On Thursday, Amazon (https://mashable.com/category/amazon/) confirmed (https://mashable.com/2018/05/25/amazon-echo-private-audio/) a report (https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/woman-says-her-amazon-device-recorded-private-conversation-sent-it-out-to-random-contact/755507974) from local Seattle CBS affiliate KIRO-7 about an Oregon family's Amazon Echo (https://mashable.com/category/amazon-echo/) sending a private audio conversation to a random person on their contact list.
Naturally, people are panickingAlexa is spying on us!*
But did Alexa really f*ck up? My first instinct is yes, but on second thought maybe not.
SEE ALSO: Amazon is under fire for selling facial recognition tools to cops (https://mashable.com/2018/05/22/amazon-facial-recognition-law-enforcement/)
To recap: A couple was talking about hardwood floors and the conversation somehow triggered one of their Amazon Echos, which then sent the conversation as an audio message to one of their friends listed on their contact list. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/25/amazon-alexa-spying/)
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On Thursday, Amazon (https://mashable.com/category/amazon/) confirmed (https://mashable.com/2018/05/25/amazon-echo-private-audio/) a report (https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/woman-says-her-amazon-device-recorded-private-conversation-sent-it-out-to-random-contact/755507974) from local Seattle CBS affiliate KIRO-7 about an Oregon family's Amazon Echo (https://mashable.com/category/amazon-echo/) sending a private audio conversation to a random person on their contact list.
Naturally, people are panickingAlexa is spying on us!*
But did Alexa really f*ck up? My first instinct is yes, but on second thought maybe not.
SEE ALSO: Amazon is under fire for selling facial recognition tools to cops (https://mashable.com/2018/05/22/amazon-facial-recognition-law-enforcement/)
To recap: A couple was talking about hardwood floors and the conversation somehow triggered one of their Amazon Echos, which then sent the conversation as an audio message to one of their friends listed on their contact list. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/25/amazon-alexa-spying/)
More about Amazon (https://mashable.com/category/amazon/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Privacy (https://mashable.com/category/privacy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Amazon Echo (https://mashable.com/category/amazon-echo/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Spying (https://mashable.com/category/spying/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Digital Assistants (https://mashable.com/category/digital-assistants/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/EbcCgOCFT18