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May 29, 2018

"I'm Never Plugging That Device In Again": Alexa Records & Sends Private Conversation by Accident
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Privacy advocates are sounding the alarm after a woman's Amazon Echo
device recorded a conversation between her and her husband and then sent
it to her husband's employee. Amazon Echo, a voice-activated device that
is always listening and often recording, mistakenly thought the couple
said the name "Alexa" while they were having a private conversation. The
device then misinterpreted the couple's conversation as a series of
instructions, sending a recording of the conversation to a name in its
contact list. In response, the woman said, "I'm never plugging that
device in again."


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