[–] Cold_Guinea_Pig ago
Of course they are recording, no data will go to waste. Even if they are 'just' listening, it's not ok. It would be like saying there is nothing wrong with a newly elected Tyrant, because so far he hasn't killed anyone. You have to think a step ahead and not be gullible and accept every step to total oppression as benign until it's too late.
The first step to a killing field will always be a harmless step.
[–] CameraCode0 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Your words are all stored at some point, because Amazon has to store them to do analytics on and improve their recognition and algorithms. They can't know if a certain phrase or set of words is relevant to improving their algorithms without first storing it. The only question is when/whether or not they delete them.
[–] Notimportant36 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
You can get your records, both Alexa and Google save these files on open internet, not encrypted.
When you say the "hi alexa" the recording of your commands INCLUDES the "hi alexa".
[–] Notimportant36 ago
Based on the test I've seen, the part that is encrypted is that the URL has some string key, so, if you download your data and change the key, you could land in another persons data, presumably.
[–] phoenix883 ago (edited ago)
Listening is processing. A computer can only process by storing data and then operating on it. It could delete the data later, but this is an optional step. Amazon rarely deletes anything, and since the recordings contain the trigger word, we must assume it is continuously recording or the activation command couldn't be part of the output.