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05-25-2018, 08:32 PM
Amazon Echo secretly sent family's private audio to some random person
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There's been deep concern that AI voice assistants might be always listening, and for one Oregon family, their Amazon Echo reportedly did just that.
As first reported by local station KIRO-7 (https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/woman-says-her-amazon-device-recorded-private-conversation-sent-it-out-to-random-contact/755507974), the smart speaker recorded private audio and sent it to a random person's phone that happened to be on the family's contact list.
SEE ALSO: Researchers just proved why it's so scary that digital assistants are always listening (https://mashable.com/2018/05/10/hidden-commands-digital-assistants-dolphin-attack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The family had an Echo device in every room of their house, which controlled the heat, light, and security system in their home.*
Danielle, going only by her first name, received a phone call two weeks ago by one of her husband's colleagues, who had received the voice recording. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/25/amazon-echo-private-audio/)
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There's been deep concern that AI voice assistants might be always listening, and for one Oregon family, their Amazon Echo reportedly did just that.
As first reported by local station KIRO-7 (https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/woman-says-her-amazon-device-recorded-private-conversation-sent-it-out-to-random-contact/755507974), the smart speaker recorded private audio and sent it to a random person's phone that happened to be on the family's contact list.
SEE ALSO: Researchers just proved why it's so scary that digital assistants are always listening (https://mashable.com/2018/05/10/hidden-commands-digital-assistants-dolphin-attack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The family had an Echo device in every room of their house, which controlled the heat, light, and security system in their home.*
Danielle, going only by her first name, received a phone call two weeks ago by one of her husband's colleagues, who had received the voice recording. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/25/amazon-echo-private-audio/)
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