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Alexa May Be Recording More Than You Realize
2018-12-21 16:07

Executives may need to reconsider whether Amazon's Alexa personal assistant is listening to more than just their commands. Or perhaps the telephone conference attendee who pauses to gather details...

2018 ain't done yet... Amazon sent Alexa recordings of man and girlfriend to stranger
2018-12-20 23:20

Just human error, internet giant shrugs after GDPR request went wrong. No sh!t, Sherlock A German man was very confused when he received, at his request, all the information that Amazon possessed on him.…

Amazon sent private Alexa voice interactions from Echo smart speaker to the wrong customer
2018-12-20 18:06

After one German user requested a copy of their Alexa voice history under the GDPR, he got another user's data in the process.

Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Random Person
2018-12-20 15:24

The intimate recordings paint a detailed picture of a man's life.

Judge asks if Alexa is witness to a double murder
2018-11-16 13:18

A judge has ordered Amazon to turn over any recordings an Echo device may have made around the time a horrific crime occurred.

Half of Alexa Top 1 Million sites now use HTTPS
2018-08-29 12:21

Slowly but surely, the Internet is on its way to being 100% encrypted. According Scott Helme’s latest analysis of the one million most visited websites according to Alexa, 51.8% are actively...

Alexa Eavesdropping Flub Re-Sparks Voice Assistant Privacy Debate
2018-05-25 16:45

After an Alexa speaker recorded and shared a private conversation, the tech community is casting a wary eye on voice assistant privacy issues.

No, Alexa isn't spying on you, but be careful with sensitive conversations
2018-05-25 13:58

A Portland couple claim that their Amazon Echo arbitrarily recorded a conversation and sent it to someone in their contact list.

‘Voice-Squatting’ Turns Alexa, Google Home into Silent Spies
2018-05-17 19:43

A team of academic researchers has demonstrated that it's possible to possible to closely mimic legitimate voice commands in order to carry out nefarious actions on these home assistants.

Alexa, Siri and Google can be tricked by commands you can’t hear
2018-05-17 12:47

Researchers have shown how attackers could trick voice assistants.