Archived Amazon's Alexa recorded private conversation and sent it to random contact (amp.theguardian.com)
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Archived Amazon's Alexa recorded private conversation and sent it to random contact (amp.theguardian.com)
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[–] ilikeskittles 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
have you been living under a rock for two weeks?
edit: remove offending word.
[–] ImPhilippe 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Anyone dumb enough to have these CIA spy AI in their house deserve to be shot imo......
[–] derram 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
https://archive.fo/gBioS :
'At which point, Alexa said out loud ‘To whom?’ At which point, the background conversation was interpreted as a name in the customer’s contact list. '
'They said:“Echo woke up due to a word in background conversation sounding like ‘Alexa’. '
'But today she asked the company to investigate after an Alexa device recorded a private conversation between her and her husband and sent it to a random number in their address book without their permission. '
'Over and over again, company spokespeople have promised that they only start recording if someone says the wake word: “Alexa”. '
'At 6pm ET on Thursday, an Amazon spokesperson provided an updated statement with an explanation for why they believe Alexa forwarded the conversation. '
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