Eldorado Posted April 11, 2019 #1 Share Posted April 11, 2019 "Amazon customers have complained that their privacy has been violated after it emerged that the company employs hundreds of people to listen to recordings of them speaking to their Alexa devices. The company can listen to audio from all Echo devices, including the millions of UK households which use Alexa." Full report at UK Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/04/11/amazon-employees-listen-thousands-customer-alexa-recordings/ At Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-10/is-anyone-listening-to-you-on-alexa-a-global-team-reviews-audio 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted April 11, 2019 #2 Share Posted April 11, 2019 ROFL.. and people don't realise this ? I wouldn't have one of those machines in my house ! 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted April 11, 2019 #3 Share Posted April 11, 2019 This Alexa device, is it an Amazon product then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danydandan Posted April 11, 2019 #4 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Did people really expect otherwise? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted April 11, 2019 #5 Share Posted April 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Vlad the Mighty said: This Alexa device, is it an Amazon product then? Yes. Abd Google home and mini do the same thing. Now, how else could it be ready for commands if it is not listening in? For people who are disabled, this is a great invention to give them some independence. For others get out of bed, go to the kitchen and shut off the light! Really that lazy? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander CMG Posted April 11, 2019 #6 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Jesus.... Really?.. My conversations have been listened to for decades, to the point where I have fun with it.. I sent a few letters to @Piney when he was inside and both Countries came to the conclusion, I was going to break him out with an elite team of specialists. I would have just done it, not bloody write to tell him I was going to do it 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted April 11, 2019 #7 Share Posted April 11, 2019 1 minute ago, Iilaa'mpuul'xem said: I would have just done it, not bloody write to tell him I was going to do it The supermax had these big bay windows in the main area by the phones. I would jokingly visualize a UH-1 hanging outside of it with a half dozen House Gurkha hanging out of that and smile at what the SOG team reaction would be. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonman Posted April 11, 2019 #8 Share Posted April 11, 2019 It's no surprise they do it, but what good reason do they have for collecting actual audio off Alexa? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztek Posted April 11, 2019 #9 Share Posted April 11, 2019 43 minutes ago, moonman said: It's no surprise they do it, but what good reason do they have for collecting actual audio off Alexa? to make your experience with alexa better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonman Posted April 12, 2019 #10 Share Posted April 12, 2019 7 hours ago, aztek said: to make your experience with alexa better. No, they could just read transcripts - or maybe that's what they are doing. Actual recorded audio sent back to HQ just seems...wasteful overkill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParanormalKris Posted April 13, 2019 #11 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Leave Amazon Alone! The only thing is with the Echo is Someone Made A Stupid Manifestation, So People Believe that Someone is Spying in. It can Easily Happen to Google Home too. Another thing. It always has Been The CIA Who was Spying on Us. But Now is Amazon Who is Spying on Us, Come on People, You are Smarter then this. Amazon Even Made the Echo Say " I am not spying in on you" or " I only record you when you First Boot me up". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted April 13, 2019 #12 Share Posted April 13, 2019 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eldorado Posted May 28, 2019 Author #14 Share Posted May 28, 2019 "Amazon Alexa will soon record EVERYTHING you say" "Alexa's poor reputation for privacy may soon worsen as a patent filed by the firm suggests the virtual assistant may start listening before its 'wake word' is said. "Under the plans Alexa will be able to detect when it is being given a command even if the wake word is said at the end of the sentence instead of at the front. "The move raises concerns over user privacy as Alexa will, by default, always be listening to conversations on the off-chance its wakeword is spoken." https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7077775/Amazons-Alexa-listen-say.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ico=taboola_feed Elsewhere... "US pair's private chat sent to coworker by AI bug" https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/24/alexa_recording_couple/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Wellington Posted May 30, 2019 #15 Share Posted May 30, 2019 On 11/04/2019 at 12:10 PM, Eldorado said: "Amazon customers have complained that their privacy has been violated after it emerged that the company employs hundreds of people to listen to recordings of them speaking to their Alexa devices. The company can listen to audio from all Echo devices, including the millions of UK households which use Alexa." Full report at UK Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/04/11/amazon-employees-listen-thousands-customer-alexa-recordings/ At Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-10/is-anyone-listening-to-you-on-alexa-a-global-team-reviews-audio Well come on, if you say you want to buy …… and your electronic devices are capable of acting on that from Alexa to your smartphones then they all know the items you are after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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